HENRY STACY MARKS (1829-1898) FOR MINTONS ART-POTTERY STUDIO KENSINGTON GORE (1871-1875)'Soldier', fourth panel from a series the 'Seven Ages of Man', 1872
Ceramic panel, decorated over glaze in colours with figures in medieval dress, on a glazed and gilt ground. Framed.
Panel: 25.8 cm x 52 cm
With frame: 42.2 cm x 68 cm
Signed bottom right H.S. Marks, printed marks on reverse Mintons Art-Pottery Studio Kensington Gore, impressed Minton and date code for 1872, with various painted numbers, marks, and initials.
FootnotesLiterature
Joan Jones, Minton The First Two Hundred Years of Design & Production, Swan Hill Press, 1993, p. 227 (notes the 'The Seven Ages of Man' as being the most well-known of Marks' designs for Minton)
The 'Seven Ages of Man' series, presented as individual panels, was inspired by the speech "All the world's a stage...." spoken by Jaques in William Shakespeare's 'As You Like It'.
HENRY STACY MARKS (1829-1898) FOR MINTONS ART-POTTERY STUDIO KENSINGTON GORE (1871-1875)'Soldier', fourth panel from a series the 'Seven Ages of Man', 1872
Ceramic panel, decorated over glaze in colours with figures in medieval dress, on a glazed and gilt ground. Framed.
Panel: 25.8 cm x 52 cm
With frame: 42.2 cm x 68 cm
Signed bottom right H.S. Marks, printed marks on reverse Mintons Art-Pottery Studio Kensington Gore, impressed Minton and date code for 1872, with various painted numbers, marks, and initials.
FootnotesLiterature
Joan Jones, Minton The First Two Hundred Years of Design & Production, Swan Hill Press, 1993, p. 227 (notes the 'The Seven Ages of Man' as being the most well-known of Marks' designs for Minton)
The 'Seven Ages of Man' series, presented as individual panels, was inspired by the speech "All the world's a stage...." spoken by Jaques in William Shakespeare's 'As You Like It'.
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