Signature Incised into the pâte-sur-pâte on side one lower right signed and dated L Solon 84
Marks On the underside printed in gold the Minton's factory globe and crown mark with in a banner below T GOODE & CO and below this LONDON
Impressed on the underside the name MINTONS and the date mark for 1883 with two additional impressed marks (one resembling the date mark 1869) and an applied canvas label with the number 5688
Molded into the design of each handle between the two masks the Minton's factory globe mark.
Inscription None
Provenance Minton’s, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, 1883-1884; retailed by Thomas Goode & Co., London [see note 1]. Possibly in the collection of the Minton family, John Fitzherbert Campbell (1861-1918) and his wife Mary Thereza (1862-1928) [see note 2]. Sold Christie’s New York, October 26, 1993 (Nineteenth Century Furniture, Sculpture, Porcelain and Decorative Objects), lot 66; purchased by Bernard Starr (1929-2018), Glen Head, New York; sold Sotheby’s New York, October 23, 2019 (Wedgwood & Beyond. English Ceramics from the Starr Collection), lot 233; purchased by the Birmingham Museum of Art
1. As indicated by printed gold mark on underside of foot.
2. See "Related Works."
