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Vase Vase

This is a vase. It was attributed to Christopher Dresser and decorated by Minton's Art Pottery Studio and manufactured by Mintons and Minton Ceramics Manufactory. It is dated 1871-1875 and we acquired it in 1990. Its medium is hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

Minton’s Art Pottery Studio was established in Kensington Gore, London, where Christopher Dresser and other notable Aesthetic Movement artists painted Mintons’ pottery and tiles by hand. Dresser served as an advisor to Minton & Co./Mintons from the early 1860s by which time the factory’s design studio possessed books of Japanese prints of flowers and birds.

It is credited Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund.

Rank Badge (buzi) (China)
silk, gilded paper.
Gift of John Pierpont Morgan.
1902-1-433

Large white oval earthenware platter. There are twenty blue cranes in various poses of flight, which surround the platter's outer rim. Just below them are stylized waves and sea foam, which also circle the platter. An additional crane is in the middle of the platter.

Platter, ca. 1872
glazed earthenware.
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Newlin.
2006-28-1

Katagami, Cherry Blossoms and Birds
cut mulberry paper treated with persimmon tannin and silk thread.
Gift of Helen Snyder.
1976-103-135

Its dimensions are

H x diam.: 57 x 23.5 cm (22 7/16 x 9 1/4 in.)

It has the following markings

Underside: [1] "MINTONS", impressed underglaze (Minton Ceramics Manufactory mark)

It is signed

Unsigned

It is inscribed

Uninscribed

Cite this object as

Vase Vase; Attributed to Christopher Dresser (Scottish, 1834 – 1904); Decorated by Minton's Art Pottery Studio; Manufactured by Mintons (United Kingdom), Minton Ceramics Manufactory; England; hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold; H x diam.: 57 x 23.5 cm (22 7/16 x 9 1/4 in.); Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund; 1990-127-1

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Passion for the Exotic: Japonism.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2Dvev/
Accession Number 1990-127-1
Object ID 18633979