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Minton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (manufacturer)
Charles Toft senior (designer)
Covered bowl 1879
earthenware
(a-b) 22.1 × 15.2 cm diameter (overall)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1886
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Covered bowl
1879
Medium
earthenware
Measurements
(a-b) 22.1 × 15.2 cm diameter (overall)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1886
Gallery location
18th & 19th Century Decorative Arts & Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
About this work
This covered pedestal cup imitates French lead-glazed earthenwares of the sixteenth-century, known as Saint Porchaire ware. These ceramics are known for their complex architectural forms and decoration involving inlaid designs in coloured clays. They were thought to have been made in Saint Porchaire but are now thought to have been made in a Paris workshop. This tazza is a direct copy of a Saint Porchaire work in the Louvre. The tazza was also copied by the Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory in 1852 and an example was acquired by Herbert Minton in 1855 that probably formed the model for this Minton production.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
Inscription
printed in brown on base l.c.: MINTONS / 1879
printed (inverted) in brown on base u.c.: C.TOFT
Accession Number
66.a-b-D1M
Department
International Decorative Arts
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