Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
English & Continental Furniture & Decorative Arts
Auction: October 7, 2014 11:00:00 AM EDT
The flattened ovoid cover and body modeled as a round of cheese, the finial in the form of a mouse standing atop the cover, above other mice nibbling through the sides below, all supported on integral green and brown dish, the base impressed "Minton", shape number "620", with date cypher for 1876.
H: 5, W: 10, D: 8 1/4 in.Provenance: Property from the collection of Debra and I. Michael Coslov, Haverford, PA.
LITERATURE: Marilyn G. Karmason, Joan B. Stacke. Majolica: A Complete History and Illustrated Survey. Henry N. Abrams, New York, 1989. pp 50-51 (illustrated).