MINTON Naturalist Plate, Pierre Mallet Duckling and Two Frogs, 1878. Minton produced a series depicting ducklings at play in the yard or foraging for food. This soup plate or bowl has a black transfer on a celadon green clay background. The plate is 9.75” in diameter and is in excellent condition. . The designs are very realistic, and yet, they drawings also convey the personality of the birds, with their energy and ingenuity in scavenging for food. The designer is Pierre Mallet, who als ...click for details
MINTON AESTHETIC MOVEMENT MOON FLASK, Pierre Mallet Ducklings
This moon flask was designed by Pierre Mallet as part of duckling series. The moon flask form with this design is quite rare. The flask is approximately 6 inches in width and 6.5 inches tall. The disk shaped flask is 2 inches from front to back. It stands on four blocky squared feet. The images include a tiny duckling breaking through its egg shell, a brightly colored butterfly and a voraciou ...click for details
TWO DUCKLINGS WATCHING BEETLES AND GRASSHOPPERS, for their next meal. Minton produced a series depicting ducklings at play in the yard or foraging for food. This plate has a rich blue transfer on a white bone china background. The plate is 10.25” in diameter and is in excellent condition. . The designs are very realistic, and yet, they drawings also convey the personality of the birds, with their energy and ingenuity in scavenging for food. The designer is Pierre Mallet, who also did simi ...click for details
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AESTHETIC MOULDED GESSO FRAME WITH SQUARE CORNER FINIALS AND LOW RELIEF MOULDED FERN LIKE LEAVES
This is a stunning and unusual American moulded gesso frame from the 1880s. Probably just preceding the Adirondack period, as I think the leaves and seed pods are a native American plant. The frame is in excellent condition. The finish is an old gold color, which was probably replaced in its lifetime. The beveled mirror is original and is not a replacement. The raised square corner finials in ...click for details
AESTHETIC JAPANESQUE TILE w. BROWN TRANSFER ON CREAM CLAY. The design is asymmetrical study in brown and cream, based on the brown transfer underglaze, on cream clay. The desing has stylized blossom branches and clouds. There is wear on the surface but is other wise in good condition. The back of the tile is marked: MAW & CO. BROSELY SALOPIA, with a moulded circle containing BROSELY SALOPIA again. C.1875-1880.
ARTS & CRAFTS AESTHETIC TILE. Low Relief and Monochromatic Botanical Design by J. & J.G. Low, of Chelsea, MASS. The low relief design has a pleasing olive glaze. The plant is probably modelled on a American wild flower. The pooling of the glaze in the crevisses gives a nice contrast between deep to light olive coloring. It is in very good condition, with two small glaze losses, on the center stem and the last leaf on the lower right hand side. Probably made around 1890.
MINTON Aesthetic Tile, Low Relief and Monochromatic Old Gold, featuring Pine Cones, in the Japanese Manner. The tile is in excellent condition. The pine tree branches, the needle leaves and the pine cones themselves are asymmetrically placed on the 6inch square tile. The gold glaze pools slightly in the crevisses of the low relief design, intensifying the contrasts in color between the high relief and flat planes. The back of the tile is marked Minton's China Works, Stoke on Trent. C ...click for details
Aesthetic Movement Tile by WEBBS TILERIES c1870 "PINEAPPLE" Three tiles from a series of 12 tiles are presented. They are Aesthetic in style, with three vertical panels on each tile. The center panel is larger and features a man with some aspect of food, whereas the side panels have sunflowers and Easter Lilies, two flowers that were commonly emblems of the Aesthetic Movement. The men are dressed in a 19th Century version of Mediaeval clothing. This is symbolically representing a ro ...click for details
AMERICAN VICTORIAN HAND PAINTED TILE WITH PINK BLOSSOMS, 1890s. In the tradition of painting china was developed among American middle class women of the late 19th Century. Amateur artists painted on blank tiles. This Victorian tile is painted in delicate blues, greens and browns in addition to the pinks of the flowers. The branches of pink blossoms are twined around the inner frame of the pale blue border. The tile is 6” square and in excellent condition, with no chips, cracks or othe ...click for details
RARE MINTON TILE OF A YOUNG NUDE GIRL SITTING ON THE BRANCH OF A TREE, probably designed by William S. Coleman. The tile is 8" square. It is a transfer print of burgundy on a cream ground. William S. Coleman was the first Director of the Kensington Studio, where many innovative designs were produced. It may possibly be by one of his assistants who was influenced by Coleman, possibly his wife, who was an artist in her own right. As much as it is a design with charm, an air of childhood innoc ...click for details
