“Lindsay Tray” in the Renaissance Revival Style

“Lindsay Tray” in the Renaissance Revival Style

Manufacturer Minton (English, founded 1793)

DesignerDesigned by Sir Coutts Lindsay (English, 1824 - 1913)

CultureEnglish

OriginStoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England

Date1863

MediumBuff-coloured earthenware, overglaze enamels

DimensionsOverall: 5 x 45.1 cm (1 15/16 x 17 3/4 in.)

MarkingsImpressed MINTON and year cipher for 1863

DescriptionMinton Majolica dish, round, with raised oval panel in the centre panel, surrounded by a beadwork border in the cavetto. The broad rim is moulded and applied with a heraldic shield. There is a pair of naturalistic scallop shells and seaweed, and another shell opening to reveal a putto surrounded by two fish. The rim border is moulded with tiny alternating scallop shells. The decoration is in polychrome enamel majolica glazes, and painted in the centre with Venus and Neptune attended by putti. The cavetto area is decorated with two entwined pairs of mermaids and mermen, and the rim is painted in bianco-sopra-bianco, with starfish (?), and decorative details picked out in ochre and blue.

Credit LinePurchased with a gift from N. Robert Cumming and with funds raised by the Twelve Trees of Christmas

Object numberG97.2.1

Classifications

European Ceramics

Sub-classification

English Earthenware

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Status

On view