A Whimsical Minton Majolica Creamer

c.1875 modelled as an open mouthed frog riding a fish in the waves, the fish?s tail forming the handle, 6". This design inspired by the natural phenomenon of frogs climbing onto the back of fish. Cata

Box & Cover c.1875 designed as a frog sat on a lily pad to form the cover and the base formed as rocks and leaves, 6"w, 4"h. Catalogued and curated by Nicolaus Boston. Flower Family Collection.

the Minton Majolica “lychees” tete-a-tete, 3 3/4"h, ref. Lot 44 Strawser Auctions Fine Majolica for the Connoisseur, 29th Oct 2016

SIGNED MINTON MAJOLICA CREAMER WITH ACORN AND OAK LEAF DESIGN ON A TREE BARK BACKGROUND. SNAIL THUMBREST ON THE HANDLE. 5 1/2 IN H

form teapot with mushroom finial and twig handle, cobalt floral creamer with shell feet and vine/snail handle, turquoise gourd form sugar with snail finial all atop a large leaf and blossom tray, 14";

A collection of ten late nineteenth century oyster plates. Consisting of a nice set of nine whimsical handpainted UPW porcelain, marked Jan 4 1881, and one 9" Minton majolica plate. Ht: 1" Width: 10.4

Collection Majolica Serving Pieces Incl Minton. Collection of majolica serving pieces, including a partial tea service by Minton with woven and bamboo motif. Creamer in the Minton set is marked and me

Boar's Head tureen with rare matching fitted tray, no. 2141, 22"l, 15"w, 11 1/2"h. This is the rarest of all Minton majolica game tureens, very few are known to exist; an example is in the MAAS Powerh

form of a vulture attacking a snake, the vulture with pink neck, brown feathers with black wing tips on rock mound base, the rarest of Minton's figural majolica teapots, from the Marilyn Karmason Coll

and cover c.1870, the cover modeled as a yellow straw beehive with trailing blackberries, branch forming the handle, the base formed as a square platform supported by undulating branch, 13 1/2"h, 10"w

lidded urns with laurel swags, 24", professional repair to one lid

23" h, modeled with a mermaid handle, her tail wrapped around a horned bacchus mask, with laurel leaf swags running along both sides and a putto below the spout, with panels in relief to either side,

(2) rare Minton majolica shell-form Jardinieres, c. 1870, polychrome painted and tin glazed cast pottery, modeled as a single nautilus shell raised on coral branches, resting on a rock-form pedestal,

'Mushroom' tureen c.1875, modeled as an oval fern and ivy tree trunk with leafy green ground, fixed under tray, with a mischievous fox at either end watching two unsuspecting mallard ducks, the lid mo

shape no.1146, designed in two tiers, the top a fluted dish supported by three stags heads draped with pine boughs and cones about a knopped stem and socle centre section, the below tier divided six-p

stand, 39 1/2", ref: Karmason-Stacke p55, professional repair to leaf tips, beak

centerpiece in the form of two mermaids supporting large shell center, no. 1301, 40"w, 25"h, professional repairs to both mermaids and base

jardiniere with seaweed on base, 18"h,20"w

Desirable and Iconic Minton Majolica ‘Mushroom’ tureen c.1875, modeled as an oval fern and ivy tree trunk with leafy green ground, fixed under tray, with a mischievous fox at either end watching t

seat, shape no. 982, decorated with pink floral rosettes, floral and ivy seat, and three bracket feet, 18"; REF: Majolica Mania by Weber, Vol 2, p. 22

and cover, modeled as a fantastic fish with brown spout emerging from it's mouth supported on green waves and with brown seaweed handle with snail, the cover with a spikey dorsal fin, 7"h, 9"l; this t

tureen modeled as an oval tree truck with fox on each end chasing ducks on each side with mushroom finial; Karmason-Stacke p49; 16"w, 7 1/2"h, professional repairs to fox ears. Sue & Harry Thurmon Col

A Large and Impressive Minton Majolica ‘Lily Pad and Bullrush’ Salmon Server c.1875 A similar example illustrated in the London International Exhibition Catalogue 1862. Modelled as an oval platter

in the form of two cherubs holding a large dolphin surrounded by cattails atop a rock base, no. 911, 26"; ref. Majolica Mania Vol 2 p64