Lot Details
Lot 38
Minton Majolica Pale-Pink Ground Six-Pocket Oyster Plate
Shape no. 1323, date cypher for 1871
The central turquoise well surrounded by a band molded with shells within six radiating pink-ground oyster shell pockets, the spokes molded with shells and seaweed, impressed uppercase mark and two small cyphers, raised registry diamond (T-28-4-W) for 28 March 1867, parcel 4, shape no., and black painted 4, diameter 9 1/8 inches; Together with a Mintons Majolica Pale-Turquoise Ground Six-Pocket with Cracker Well Oyster Plate.
Date cypher for 1880, the central pink well encircled by six shell shaped pockets divided by flowerhead and a larger recess for crackers, reserved on a lobed green ground, impressed uppercase mark and two small cyphers, registry diamond (29-Y-K-3) for 29 November 1879, parcel 3, and shape no. 2239, diameter 10 inches.
Reference (Minton Pale-Pink Ground Six-Pocket Oyster Plate):
Marilyn G. Karmason with Joan B. Stacke, Majolica, A Complete History and Illustrated Survey, New York, 1989, p. 44 for a similar deep-pink example.
Exhibited (Mintons Pale-Turquoise Ground Six-Pocket with Cracker Well Oyster Plate):
'Majolica Mania,' The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent, 8 October 2022-29 January 2023.
Reference (Mintons Pale-Turquoise Ground Six-Pocket with Cracker Well Oyster Plate):
Victoria Cecil, Minton 'Majolica', Jeremy Cooper Ltd., Exhibition 7-26 June 1982, Galen Place, London, p. 15 for a design drawing of this form. Marilyn G. Karmason with Joan B. Stacke, Majolica, A Complete History and Illustrated Survey, New York, 1989, p. 44 for a deep turquoise example. Jim and Vivian Karsnitz, Collecting Oyster Plates, p. 56 for a marbled green example.
C The Joan Stacke Graham Majolica Collection
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