A Monumental Minton Majolica 'Queen's Vase' with Cats Heads, English, ca. 1860
A Minton Majolica 'Queens Vase,' Designed by Elijah Chetwynd (1838-1914) for Minton, of baluster form with relief molded grapes and green-glazed vines all around on a claret ground, with an elongated slender neck with a deep pink ribbon, with branch handles surmounted with naturalistic molded and applied cat's heads, Design number 649, 'Queen's Vase' as recorded in the Minton Ornamental Shapes (i.e., design books), preserved in the Minton archives and partially reprinted in Bergesen.
SIMILAR to Ram's Head version, which lacks branch handles and ribbons
BOOK REFERENCES:
Victoria Bergesen, MAJOLICA: British, Continental, and American Wares.
London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1989, p. 180 (Minton Majolica Shape Numbers,
pp. 180 -182).
Susan Weber et al., MAJOLICA MANIA: Transatlantic Pottery in England
and the United States 1850--1915. New Haven and London: Yale
University Press, 2020, Volume Two, p. 14, FIG. 11.21.
Victoria Cecil, MINTON MAJOLICA: A Survey and Exhibition Catalogue.
London: Jeremy Cooper, Ltd., 1982, pp. 35 and 43.
A Minton Majolica 'Queens Vase,' Designed by Elijah Chetwynd (1838-1914) for Minton, of baluster form with relief molded grapes and green-glazed vines all around on a claret ground, with an elongated slender neck with a deep pink ribbon, with branch handles surmounted with naturalistic molded and applied cat's heads, Design number 649, 'Queen's Vase' as recorded in the Minton Ornamental Shapes (i.e., design books), preserved in the Minton archives and partially reprinted in Bergesen.
SIMILAR to Ram's Head version, which lacks branch handles and ribbons
BOOK REFERENCES:
Victoria Bergesen, MAJOLICA: British, Continental, and American Wares.
London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1989, p. 180 (Minton Majolica Shape Numbers,
pp. 180 -182).
Susan Weber et al., MAJOLICA MANIA: Transatlantic Pottery in England
and the United States 1850--1915. New Haven and London: Yale
University Press, 2020, Volume Two, p. 14, FIG. 11.21.
Victoria Cecil, MINTON MAJOLICA: A Survey and Exhibition Catalogue.
London: Jeremy Cooper, Ltd., 1982, pp. 35 and 43.
A Minton Majolica 'Queens Vase,' Designed by Elijah Chetwynd (1838-1914) for Minton, of baluster form with relief molded grapes and green-glazed vines all around on a claret ground, with an elongated slender neck with a deep pink ribbon, with branch handles surmounted with naturalistic molded and applied cat's heads, Design number 649, 'Queen's Vase' as recorded in the Minton Ornamental Shapes (i.e., design books), preserved in the Minton archives and partially reprinted in Bergesen.
SIMILAR to Ram's Head version, which lacks branch handles and ribbons
BOOK REFERENCES:
Victoria Bergesen, MAJOLICA: British, Continental, and American Wares.
London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1989, p. 180 (Minton Majolica Shape Numbers,
pp. 180 -182).
Susan Weber et al., MAJOLICA MANIA: Transatlantic Pottery in England
and the United States 1850--1915. New Haven and London: Yale
University Press, 2020, Volume Two, p. 14, FIG. 11.21.
Victoria Cecil, MINTON MAJOLICA: A Survey and Exhibition Catalogue.
London: Jeremy Cooper, Ltd., 1982, pp. 35 and 43.
Style: Victorian
Place of Origin: England
Dimensions: 28’’ (H) x 15’’ (W) x 10’’ (D)
