Pair Minton Majolica Buttercup Jardineres

Victorian, circa 1863. Tallest is 13.8ins high, 11ins wide, 11ins depth. Pair of Minton Majolica jardinières which feature white buttercups. Cobalt blue ground version.

Colouration: cobalt blue, ochre, green, are predominant.

The piece bears maker's marks for the Minton pottery. Bears a pattern number, '1075'.

Marks include a factory specific date cipher for the year 1863.

Condition

CONDITION: Planter 1: Generally good.

Hairline to the rim.

Wear from use to interior.

RESTORATION. Base section has been in pieces and reglued and joins retouched.

Planter 2: Generally good.

KILN EFFECTS: glaze miss to the interior.

RESTORATION. Base reglued and join retouched.

Stabilised and retouched crack from rim, all the way down one side, still partly visible to the exterior.

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