Assembled Minton Majolica Mushroom and Melon Tê

Assembled Minton Majolica Mushroom and Melon Tête-a-Tête Tea Set Date cypher for 1862-1876 Impressed uppercase mark and shape no.'s 642 Naturalistically modeled with vine handles and shell feet,

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

and Cover c.1875. Modelled as a yellow coconut, with green leaf forming the spout,  branch forming the handle and feet, the cover formed as a mushroom, 9"w, 5½"h Curated and catalogued by Nicolaus B

supported by three frogs, no. 1109, 4"h

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

sweet meat dish, 4 1/4"h, 5"d, repairs to mushroom stem

'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

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";

mushroom finial, 7"l. Sue & Harry Thurmon Collection

4 1/4"h, 5"w, modeled as three back to back frogs under a mushroom forming the bowl, all upon a circular rocky ground. Catalogued and curated by Nicolaus Boston. Flower Family Collection

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,

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

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

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