Pair of Mintons Majolica Cockerel and Hen Flower Holders
Shape no.'s 1982 and 1983, both with date cyphers for 1876
Naturalistically modeled strutting beside an open wooden planter, the brown and ochre banded base applied with foliage, impressed uppercase marks and shape no.'s, signed J. Hénk in the mold. Heights 13 3/4 inches and 14 3/8 inches, respectively.

Johann (John) Hasselmann Hénk (1846-1914), son of Christian Hénk, joined the Minton firm in 1859 as an apprentice. He was to become Minton's Chief Staff modeler, specializing in majolica animals and figures.

Literature:
Susan Weber et al., Majolica Mania: Transatlantic Pottery in England and the United States, 1850-1915, cat. 124, fig. 11.25.

Exhibited:
'Majolica Mania', Bard Graduate Center, New York, 24 September 2021-2 January 2022, no. MJ-561; The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent, 8 October 2022-29 January 2023.

Reference:
Victoria Bergeson, Majolica, p. 175, fig. 76. Nicholas M. Dawes, Majolica, p. 83, fig. 142. Joan Jones, Minton: Two Hundred Years of Design & Production, p. 145. Marilyn G. Karmason with Joan B. Stacke, Majolica, A Complete History and Illustrated Survey, New York, 1989, p. 54, the image courtesy of Sotheby's, London.


C The Joan Stacke Graham Majolica Collection

overall nice condition; hen - restoration to beak and crest tip of tail feather and right spur, and to two of the planter posts, and to several leaf tips at the base; cockerel - with restoration to the cockerel's comb and a large curl of the tail feathers, two of the planter posts, and to one talon; light wear to the highpoints; the overall integrity of both is high; examined under blacklight

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