Pottery is one of the oldest decorative art forms, and Minton is one of its historical masters. For more than 250 years, the English company was a premier producer of porcelain and ceramic wares. Its factory was known for detailed and brightly colored Victorian tableware, including dinner plates and serving pieces.
Thomas Minton founded the Minton factory in 1793 in Stoke-upon-Trent, England. It initially made earthenware but introduced bone china in 1798. When Minton died in 1836, the company passed to his son, Herbert Minton. The younger Minton was a savvy businessman with an eye for design. He introduced glossy majolica earthenware to the factory’s repertoire and hired skilled artists and designers like Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin and Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse, boosting the company’s reputation.
In 1851, Minton debuted its majolica at the Great Exhibition in London. It became a royal family favorite and was even used to tile the Royal Dairy at Windsor Home Park. Minton majolica was also displayed on the monumental Saint George and the dragon fountain at the 1862 London International Exhibition.
Colin Minton Campbell, a nephew of Herbert Minton, took over the family business in 1858. He led the company to the head of the 1870s English art pottery movement. In the 1890s, French porcelain artist Marc-Louis Solon helped modernize Minton with his Art Nouveau designs.
Minton ceased operating as an independent company when it merged with Royal Doulton Tableware Ltd. in 1968. It was the end of an era, but not the end of widespread appreciation for Minton ceramics.
In 1982, the ”English Majolica” exhibition at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum featured 75 Minton pieces. When the Metropolitan Museum of Art reopened its British Galleries in 2020, it included a display of three colorful Minton majolica bird sculptures. Minton pottery was also on display from September 2021 to January 2022, along with other English pottery, at the Bard Graduate Center’s ”Majolica Mania” exhibition.
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$2,300 / set
H 1 in Dm 10.75 in
Set of 8 Estate English Copeland Spode Porcelain Horse Plates After J.F. Herring
Located in New Orleans, LA
Set of 8 Estate English Copeland Spode Porcelain Fox Hunt Plates After J.F. Herring. Each painting is different (with its coordinated marking on the back).
Porcelain
Copeland Spode Pottery Fox Hunt Lunch Service
Located in Essex, MA
A fox hunting set with all items listed below in the additional comments section.
Pottery
$1,085Sale Price / set|70% Off
H 1.38 in Dm 9.5 in
Set of TEN Desert Plates by Rockingham porcelain Hand Painted Scenes, Circa 1825
By Rockingham
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is an early 19th century high quality porcelain Serving Set of two large serving plates plus 8 matching side plates, all hand painted with different scenes, which we attribute to Rockingham or another quality Staffordshire, English pottery and dating from the late Georgian Regency period, circa 1825 to 1835. Dimensions; 2 x Large plates : 9.5 inches diameter, 8 x side plate : 6~7/8 inches diameter. All pieces are beautifully hand painted with different landscape scenes of cathedrals, churches, castles, ruins, bridges etc, set in panels, against intricately gilded detailed decoration, within a lovely salmon ground colour. Overall a beautifully hand painted, fine quality, early English...
Porcelain
$2,250 / set
H 0.88 in Dm 8.25 in
Set of Six Paris Porcelain Fruit Plates with Hand-Painted Scenes of Animals
Located in Pembroke, MA
Set of six Paris porcelain scalloped plates with hand-painted scenes of birds and animals set in fanciful or pastoral environments, some with castles....
Porcelain
Antique English Hand Painted Service Plates Set of Eight
By Tiffany & Co., Copeland Spode
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A set of eight hand painted English service dinner plates by Copeland Spode, made for Tiffany & Co., NYC. Each one hand painted with a basket of fruit and leaves signed by the artist...
Porcelain
$4,200 / set
H 0.88 in Dm 9.5 in
Set of Nine Minton 19th Century Hand-Painted Dessert Plates, Antonin Boullemier
By Minton
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This amazing set of nine Mintons, 19th century cabinet plates depicting young nymphs in fanciful, bucolic settings are beautifully and realistically painted on a soft aqua background...
Porcelain
12 Cauldon England Painted Porcelain Fish Plates
By Cauldon
Located in Norwood, NJ
Set of 12 porcelain hand painted fish plates by Cauldon, England for Higgins & Seiter, New York. Set of twelve elaborately painted fish plates, each painted with scenes of different fish, artist signed D. Birbeck. Circa 1905 to 1920. Made exclusively for Higgins and Seiter...
Porcelain
$5,200 / set
H 0.75 in Dm 8.75 in
Set of 12 Cauldon Hand-Painted "Flower Arrangement" Dessert Plates, Cobalt Blue
By Brown, Westhead & Moore/Cauldon
Located in Great Barrington, MA
A decorative and beautifully hand-painted set of 12 Cauldon dessert plates with shaped rims trimmed in gold with central floral decoration. Each plate depicts a unique flower arrange...
Porcelain
$2,500 / set
H 9 in Dm 9 in
Rare French Porcelain Set of 8 Wild Animals Plates Haviland Limoges Circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
Rare French Porcelain Set of 8 Wild Animals Plates Haviland Limoges Circa 1890. Pink border. 9 inches diameter. Boar,woodcock,stags,ibex,hares,wild ducks. H & Co. Limoges marks ...
Porcelain
$595 / set
H 1 in Dm 8 in
Vintage Spanish Bidasoa Bullfighting Porcelain Plates by Antonio Casero Set of 8
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage Spanish Bidasoa Bullfighting Porcelain Plates by Antonio Casero, Set of 8. A striking vintage set of eight Spanish porcelain plates produced by Bidasoa and decorated with ex...
Ceramic, Porcelain
