STYLE: Furniture, Silver, Ceramics
STYLE: Furniture, Silver, Ceramics
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE GREENWICH, CONNECTICUT COLLECTION
A SET OF EIGHT MINTONS PÂTE-SUR-PÂTE PLATES SLATE-BLUE AND IVORY-GROUND PLATES, 1915-21
Lot Closed
October 21, 06:28 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
Lot Details
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Property from a Private Greenwich, Connecticut Collection
A SET OF EIGHT MINTONS PÂTE-SUR-PÂTE PLATES SLATE-BLUE AND IVORY-GROUND PLATES, 1915-21
decorated by Alboin Birks, incised signed AB or ABirks, with three 'cameo' portrait medallions in white slip within gilt-beaded border, joined with finely gilt bands and alternating with raised-gilt classical torchere motifs, the well of the cavetto with a finely tooled band of laurel branches urns and anthemion, printed crowned MINTONS globe marks in puce, impressed MINTONS mark, impressed date codes for 1915, 1917, 1920 and 1921
diameter 10⅜ in.
26.4 cm
Christie's New York, April 9, 2008, lot 269
Plates of this type with portrait medallions in were in the collection of Nelson and Eloise Davis, sold, Christie's, New York, 10 October 2001, lot 187.