MINTON. PORCELAIN CANDELABRUM.

Some fine old Sèvres pieces have been copied by Mintons, and great fidelity has been shown in reproducing the old ground colours of rose-du-Barri, gros-bleu, turquoise, and pea-green. Chinese porcelain has been imitated with especial success. The most notable artistic achievement is the pâte-sur-pâte work, by M. Leon Solon. The coloured background is worked upon in white clay, and the delicate modelling of figures in this material is of great artistic beauty. Each result is a personal creation of the potter which cannot be duplicated.

SALE PRICES.

Minton.£s.d.
Vases, pair, gold wreath handles, withpanels of Cupids in gold and pinkon an ivory ground, 161⁄2 in. high;and a vase nearly similar, by A.Birks. Christie, January, 19024200
(These first nine items were fromthe Colin Minton-Campbell Collection.)
Vases, pair, and covers, nearly similar,with fruit in the Oriental taste onbrown ground, by A. Green, 46 in.high. Christie, January, 19021546
Vases, pair, beaker-shaped, painted withlilies and grasses in colours and goldon dark-blue ground, richly gilt, byLeroi, 33 in. high. Christie, January,190233120
Vases, pair, with Cupids and flowers inwhite and colours on black ground,in coloured and gilt borders, by L.Birks, 33 in. high. Christie, January,19026300
Vases, pair, oviform and covers, thebodies encircled by four shapedmedallions in relief, suspended bygilt cords and oak foliage, alternatelypainted with camp scenes in theMoran School and trophies-of-arms,apple-green borders; the ground ofthe vase gros bleu with marble decorationin gold, the whole executed inthe style of old Sèvres, by Boulleminand Leroi, 21 in. high. Christie,January, 1902162150
Cup and saucer, with panels of figures,vases and festoons of drapery inwhite on a sage-green ground, bySolon. Christie, January, 19021106
Candlesticks, pair, decorated in grisailleand gold in the taste of Limogesenamel, 12 in. high. Christie, January,1902660
Dish, on pedestal, with a figure ofFortune in white on sage-greenground, by Solon, 111⁄4 in. diameter.Christie, January, 19021766
Jardinières, pair, fan-shaped, withpanels of figures and exotic flowersin colours on a Rose-du-Barryground, painted in the taste of oldSèvres, by Leroi, 7 in. high. Christie,January, 19026300
Vases and covers, pair, Solon ware, byMinton, with Classical figures andCupids in arabesque borders, inwhite on a sage-green ground, richlygilt, 15 in. high. Christie, April 17,19032210
Pair of Minton pilgrim bottles andstoppers, decorated with Cupids inwhite on blue medallions, in themanner of Solon, on pink groundrichly gilt, 91⁄2 in. high. Christie,July 5, 1920770
Minton Sèvres pattern vase and cover,painted with panels of flowers andtrophies on green ground, 15 in.high. Christie, July 5, 1920990

MINTON. PAINTED MAJOLICA PLAQUE.