Minton Majolica 'Pigeon Pie' Tureen and Cover
Shape no. 777, date cypher for 1864
Molded as a circular wicker bowl supported on the three fan-tailed gray pigeons resting among entwined oak branches, the shallow domed cover with a white nesting dove, turquoise interior, impressed uppercase mark and various cyphers, and shape no. Height 11 inches, width 10 inches.

Literature:
Marilyn G. Karmason with Joan B. Stacke, Majolica, A Complete History and Illustrated Survey, New York, 1989, p. 10 (the foreword). Marilyn G. Karmason, Antiques, 'Victorian Majolica', February 1990, pl. I., Minton Shape Book drawing, (fig. 1).

Reference:
Victoria Cecil, Minton 'Majolica', Jeremy Cooper Ltd., Exhibition 7-26 June 1982, Galen Place, London, p. 26 & 57, cat no. 43 (£1250). Rosalie W. Sharp, China to Light Up a House, vol. two, p. 174-175. Victoria and Albert Museum / Thomas Goode & Co., Minton 1798-1910, 1976, pl. 30, cat. F9, p. 45-46.


C The Joan Stacke Graham Majolica Collection

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