Minton Pewter-Mounted Majolica 'Tower Jug' and Cover
Shape no. 1231, date code for 1868
In the Medieval Revival taste, of tapering form, the shell-molded cover with jester 'Punch' finial, the branch handle issuing bands of entwined ivy, the body modeled with a continuous scene of Medieval revellers before a rampart, impressed uppercase mark, N and cyphers. Height 13 1/4 inches.

Literature:Susan Weber et al., Majolica Mania: Transatlantic Pottery in England and the United States, 1850-1915, cat. 29, fig. 2.21. Marilyn G. Karmason with Joan B. Stacke, Majolica. A Complete History and Illustrated Survey, 1989, p. 43, noted as possibly inspired by a late 17th century Augsburg carved ivory tankard.

Exhibited:'Majolica Mania', Bard Graduate Center, New York, 24 September 2021-2 January 2022, no. MJ-455.

Reference:Victoria Cecil, Minton 'Majolica', Jeremy Cooper Ltd., Exhibition 7-26 June 1982, Galen Place, London, p. 70, cat. no. 80. Nicholas M. Dawes, Majolica, p. 52, fig. 85. The Victoria & Albert Museum Collection, Accession Number: C.4-2013.

The Joan Stacke Graham Majolica Collection

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