Terms and conditions of use
Covered bowl
1879
- Medium
- earthenware
- Measurements
- (a-b) 22.1 × 15.2 cm diameter (overall)
- Place/s of Execution
- Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
- Inscription
- printed in brown on base l.c.: MINTONS / 1879
printed (inverted) in brown on base u.c.: C.TOFT - Accession Number
- 66.a-b-D1M
- Department
- International Decorative Arts
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1886
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited - Gallery location
- Not on display
- About this work
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This work by Minton is a very close copy of a covered bowl in the Louvre, Paris, that dates to the sixteenth century and is decorated in imitation of ‘Saint Porchaire’ ware. These wares are some of the most mysterious ceramics ever produced: little is known about why, for whom or by whom they were made, where they were manufactured or what the inspiration for them was. Their decoration reflects many influences, including Renaissance metalworking techniques, architectural elements and bookbinding irons. The strapwork designs of this piece were possibly inspired by Spanish metalwork of the mid sixteenth century.
