A PAIR OF MINTONS PATE-SUR-PATE BLACK AND CHOCOLATE-BROWN TWO-HANDLED VASES ON BLACK BELGIAN MARBLE BASES, 'VOYAGEUR & HOSTESSE'
BOTH SIGNED AND DATED L.(OUIS) SOLON (18)76, ONE WITH IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARK, THE OTHER FOOT UNEXAMINED, RECORDED AS SHAPE NO. 1722
A PAIR OF MINTONS PATE-SUR-PATE BLACK AND CHOCOLATE-BROWN TWO-HANDLED VASES ON BLACK BELGIAN MARBLE BASES, 'VOYAGEUR & HOSTESSE' BOTH SIGNED AND DATED L.(OUIS) SOLON (18)76, ONE WITH IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARK, THE OTHER FOOT UNEXAMINED, RECORDED AS SHAPE NO. 1722 Each cylindrical neck decorated in polychrome pâte-sur-pâte with a central lyre and opposing diving dolphins, flanked by strap loop handles with rosette terminals, the shoulder enriched with a band of anthemion, the body finely painted and hand-tooled in white slip with a either a beckoning maiden holding a tray flanked by putti holding pennants and preparing a feast or with a young Mercury, the deity of travellers, attended by putti beneath framed winged and flaming hearts, the obverse with putti atop ladders hanging a banner or with welcoming putti seated at high tables preparing to dine, all above a heart and zig-zag band, the lower section with stylized stiff-leaf tips, on a stepped circular foot, gilt bronze mount and square Belgian marble base 17 3/8 in. (44 cm.) high (2)
A PAIR OF MINTONS PATE-SUR-PATE BLACK AND CHOCOLATE-BROWN TWO-HANDLED VASES ON BLACK BELGIAN MARBLE BASES, 'VOYAGEUR & HOSTESSE'
BOTH SIGNED AND DATED L.(OUIS) SOLON (18)76, ONE WITH IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARK, THE OTHER FOOT UNEXAMINED, RECORDED AS SHAPE NO. 1722
A PAIR OF MINTONS PATE-SUR-PATE BLACK AND CHOCOLATE-BROWN TWO-HANDLED VASES ON BLACK BELGIAN MARBLE BASES, 'VOYAGEUR & HOSTESSE' BOTH SIGNED AND DATED L.(OUIS) SOLON (18)76, ONE WITH IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARK, THE OTHER FOOT UNEXAMINED, RECORDED AS SHAPE NO. 1722 Each cylindrical neck decorated in polychrome pâte-sur-pâte with a central lyre and opposing diving dolphins, flanked by strap loop handles with rosette terminals, the shoulder enriched with a band of anthemion, the body finely painted and hand-tooled in white slip with a either a beckoning maiden holding a tray flanked by putti holding pennants and preparing a feast or with a young Mercury, the deity of travellers, attended by putti beneath framed winged and flaming hearts, the obverse with putti atop ladders hanging a banner or with welcoming putti seated at high tables preparing to dine, all above a heart and zig-zag band, the lower section with stylized stiff-leaf tips, on a stepped circular foot, gilt bronze mount and square Belgian marble base 17 3/8 in. (44 cm.) high (2)
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