A PAIR OF MINTON PÂTE SUR PÂTE TWO HANDLED VASES
BY ALBOIN BIRKS, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Carved in low relief with scenes after designs by Louis-Marc Solon, classical maidens, one emblematic of music with a tambourine, the other with brazier, reverses with beehive and flaming torch, blue ground with gilt floral detailing, signed A Birks, gilt globe marks and impressed MINTONS mark, shape number 2449, date mark 1910
30cm high
Provenance:
The Estate of a deceased Gentleman
For a similar pair of vases decorated by Birks on the same body shape, see Sotheby's New York, Wedgwood and Beyond: English Ceramics from the Starr Collection, 23rd October 2019, Lot 228, ($35,000 incl. BP) and Christie's New York, Minton Pâte-Sur-Pâte Masterworks from a Distinguished Private Collection, 21st October 2008, Lot 24 (£18,750 incl. BP).
Literature:
See Bernard Bumpus, Pâte-sur-Pâte, The Art of Ceramic Relief Decoration, 1849-1992, London, 1992, p. 115 for a pair of plaques by Solon, titled 'Papillons' (butterflies) and 'Abeilles' (bees) the likely inspiration for designs.
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A PAIR OF MINTON PÂTE SUR PÂTE TWO HANDLED VASES
BY ALBOIN BIRKS, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Carved in low relief with scenes after designs by Louis-Marc Solon, classical maidens, one emblematic of music with a tambourine, the other with brazier, reverses with beehive and flaming torch, blue ground with gilt floral detailing, signed A Birks, gilt globe marks and impressed MINTONS mark, shape number 2449, date mark 1910
30cm high
Provenance:
The Estate of a deceased Gentleman
For a similar pair of vases decorated by Birks on the same body shape, see Sotheby's New York, Wedgwood and Beyond: English Ceramics from the Starr Collection, 23rd October 2019, Lot 228, ($35,000 incl. BP) and Christie's New York, Minton Pâte-Sur-Pâte Masterworks from a Distinguished Private Collection, 21st October 2008, Lot 24 (£18,750 incl. BP).
Literature:
See Bernard Bumpus, Pâte-sur-Pâte, The Art of Ceramic Relief Decoration, 1849-1992, London, 1992, p. 115 for a pair of plaques by Solon, titled 'Papillons' (butterflies) and 'Abeilles' (bees) the likely inspiration for designs.
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