Minton Majolica Vase and Cover

Description:

Minton Majolica Vase and Cover, England, date cipher for 1865, cover with snake wrapped around finial, vase body with ram's head handles and a register of comedy and tragedy masks surrounded by scrolling vines, impressed mark, ht. 19 3/4 in.
Estimate $4,000-6,000

Hairline crack to cover, and repaired chip to yellow rim of cover. Glaze flake to laurel wreath on one ram's head handle.

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