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A Minton Majolica Chestnut Server, Spoon and Burner], modelled as a circular pedestal dish with s...

Currency:GBP Category:Everything Else / Other Start Price:NA Estimated At:2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP
A Minton Majolica Chestnut Server, Spoon and Burner], modelled as a circular pedestal dish with s...
A Minton Majolica Chestnut Server, Spoon and Burner], modelled as a circular pedestal dish with scroll handle, with a half canopy composed of overlapped chestnut leaves surmounted by a chestnut within it's opening husk, the interior with turquoise glaze, and with the original brass circular burner insert with internal iron ingot, the spoon modelled as pink ribbon enwrapped chestnut leaves with seeded finial,{the dish 29cm, the spoon 20.5cm}, year cipher only, possibly 1872, other marks indistinct {See illustration} * A similar chestnut server was sold at Sotheby's New York March 11 1997 lot 349 but lacking the spoon or burner. An identical chestnut server is illustrated by Karmason and Stacke, p50; and by J. Jones, p143 (top left). It is identified in both books as shape number 594. According to Atterbury the original wholesale price was 11/- for the dish, 3/6d for the spoon, and 4/6d for the burner. Versions were made in white china with or without decoration, and in majolica. £2000-3000
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