A Minton pâte-sur-pâte pilgrim flask 1872

decorated on the front in white on a pea-green slip ground, by Marc Louis Solon, mongrammed MLS, with a blind cherub begging beside a roadside marker, beneath gilt-outlined stylised foliate patterns in coral and brown slip on the neck and shoulders, impressed MINTON, year cypher and shape number 1384. Repaired chip to foot.

There is an approximate 1 by 1/2 inch re-glued chip to the foot, (visible in catalogue illustration) beneath and to the left of the figural panel; some wear to the black enamel pattern on each handle and to the black line borders around the gilt rim and foot.
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