A Minton Majolica Stag's Head Small Taza in Cobalt Blue, English, ca. 1868
A Minton Majolica Stag's Head Small Taza in Cobalt Blue, English, ca. 1868
A Minton Majolica Small Tazza formed as a shallow bowl supported by a horn and naturalistic stag's head, with green stylized leaves, the oval base glazed in cobalt, with gadrooned edging glazed in ocher, with turquoise interior, the reverse with impressed marks: 'MINTON' and design number '973' which corresponds to the entry, 'TAZZA, STAG'S HEAD (M)' as recorded in the Minton Ornamental Shapes (i.e., design books) preserved in the Minton archives and reprinted in J. Jones.
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BOOK REFERENCES:
Joan Jones, MINTON: THE FIRST TWO HUNDRED YEARS OF DESIGN AND PRODUCTION. Shrewsbury, England: Swan Hill Press, 1993, p. 349. Minton
Ornamental Shapes (i.e. design numbers) listed in Appendix E, pp. 343-377.
Nicholas M. Dawes, MAJOLICA. New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1990, p. 54,
Figure 89.
Sotheby’s, ENGLISH MAJOLICA FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION.
New York: Sotheby’s Sale number 6958, March 11, 1997, lot number 138.
