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Minton Chinoiserie Dish England Circa 1810
$430.00Made in England circa 1810, this Minton porcelain dish is a masterpiece of English Regency chinoiserie.
The hand-painted scene exhibits vibrant colors, intricate details, and a playful spirit.
The dish shows three young boys playing on a seesaw. The boys display a delightful childish innocence.
Jean-Baptiste Pillement’s drawings inspired this Minton image ( for more on Pillement, see below). The last image shows an image of Pillement’s work.
The underside of the plate shows the Minton mark in underglaze blue with pattern number 539.
Dimensions: Diameter 8.25 in. x H 1.5 in.
Condition: Excellent
For more information on the Chinese Sports Series, see Loren Zeller’s article “Jean-Baptiste Pillement’s Recueil de Plusieurs Jeux d’Enfants Chinois: A Review of the Artist’s Work as Source for 18th and 19th Century Ceramic Designs” in the Northern Ceramic Society Journal, Volume 32, June 20
Jean-Baptiste Pillement was a French painter and designer known for his exquisite and delicate drawings and the engravings done after his drawings. The drawings influenced the spread of the Rococo style, particularly the taste for chinoiserie throughout Europe. For an image of an item from this Minton pattern made 1805-1810, see The Dictionary of Minton by P Atterbury & M Batkin, pg 19.
Also see English Ceramics Circle Transactions Vol 33 2023: Loren Zeller, Tracing the Source of Chinoiserie Design in 18th- and 19th-Century Ceramics. -
Set of Twelve Antique Minton Porcelain Soup Dishes with Gilt Rim and Gray Linked Chain Motif, England Circa 1870
$980.00This set of a dozen large porcelain soup dishes by Minton has a clean, confident presence built around one exceptional design feature, the border.
Made in England circa 1860, the decoration is restrained yet highly effective, with a crisp black interlocking Greek-key style design set just inside the gilded rim.
Its sharp geometry gives the luminous white porcelain a handsome neoclassical edge, especially effective across a full dozen large soup dishes.On a table, the repeated key-pattern border would create a strong unified effect.
The large soup dish form gives the design room to breathe, while the contrast of black, white, and gold keeps the appearance crisp and elegant.
Nothing is overworked.
The strength of the set comes from the rhythm of the border, the clarity of the porcelain, and the quiet formality of the gilded edge.Minton was one of England’s leading ceramic manufacturers in the 19th century, admired for its technical quality, refined forms, and elegant decorative control.
These soup dishes show that strength clearly, with a border design that is both simple and memorable.
Decoration: Black interlocking Greek key-style border set just inside the gilded rim
Dimensions: 10.25″ diameter x 1.25″ deep
Condition: Excellent
Material: Porcelain
Origin: England
Date: Circa 1860
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Set of 12 Antique Dinner Plates Neoclassical Made by Minton Circa 1860
$760.00This set of antique ironstone plates, made by Minton in England circa 1874, features the richly detailed Florentine pattern.
The wide border is hand-painted in deep red and embellished with mythical griffins, classical scrollwork, and stylized floral motifs in black, iron red, and gold. Framed medallions with profile cameos lend a neoclassical tone, evoking ancient Roman intaglios.
The design reflects the 19th-century fascination with Renaissance ornament and classical antiquity, rendered with the precision and quality that defined Minton’s production.
The reverse bears the Minton mark along with the British registration diamond, indicating the design was registered on October 7, 1874.
Dimensions: 10.25″ diameter
Condition: Plates have overall light craquelure (see images #3 and #4) condition appropriate to age.
Price: $760
Decoration: Hand-painted border with griffins, scrolls, and classical cameos
Material: Ironstone
Style: Neoclassical Revival / Victorian
Origin: England
Date: 1874
**Key Features**
Rare Minton “Florentine” pattern registered in 1874
Mythical griffins, Renaissance scrollwork, and classical cameos
Deep iron red ground with gilt and black details
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19th Century Minton Ornithological Porcelain Dessert Service
$2,900.00A partial dessert service by Minton, hand-painted with ornithological scenes after designs by Joseph Smith. The service comprises two small compotes and four dessert dishes.
This Minton dessert service is a stunning example of English porcelain craftsmanship. Intricate apple-green lattice designs are enhanced with gilding. The compotes’ feet and dishes’ rims are reticulated, further contributing to the set’s delicacy. The reticulated shape is known as the “Devon” shape. The most special feature of this service, however, are the meticulously rendered (and labeled) ornithological scenes, which point to a 19th-century spirit of scientific classification. One dish features the impressed wheel date mark for 1872.
Dimensions:
Compotes – 6 1/2 in. Dm x 4 1/2 in. H (11.8 cm H x 16 cm D)
Dishes – 9 1/4 in. Dm x 3/4 in. H (2 cm H x 23 cm D)Condition: Excellent. Some light staining to the body of one plate.
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