27th May, 2022 10:00
Fine & Decorative Arts
898
Alboin Birks for Minton, a pate sur pate vase, circa 1905, pedestal twin handled urn form, the central panel of Aphrodite with Bacchanalian putti, after Louis Solon, between olive green Neoclassical bands of foliate scrolls, masks and cornucopia, the back panel decorated with a festoon of ribbon strung and bowed roses and foliage, relief moulded ribbon and wreath handles, signed with monogram, 38cm high Note: this is a factory discarded prototype for the fully decorated and finished vase which appears in Bernard Bumpus, 1992, Pate Sur Pate, Art of Ceramic Relief 1849-1992, p.147 Provenance: Birks family
Sold for £1,600
Alboin Birks for Minton, a pate sur pate vase, circa 1905, pedestal twin handled urn form, the central panel of Aphrodite with Bacchanalian putti, after Louis Solon, between olive green Neoclassical bands of foliate scrolls, masks and cornucopia, the back panel decorated with a festoon of ribbon strung and bowed roses and foliage, relief moulded ribbon and wreath handles, signed with monogram, 38cm high Note: this is a factory discarded prototype for the fully decorated and finished vase which appears in Bernard Bumpus, 1992, Pate Sur Pate, Art of Ceramic Relief 1849-1992, p.147 Provenance: Birks family
Auction: Fine & Decorative Arts, 27th May, 2022
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