FOUR MINTON'S ART POTTERY STUDIO PLAQUES FROM THE `SEVEN AGES OF MAN' DESIGNED BY HENRY STACY MARKS (4)
Circa 1873
Based on Shakespeare's `As You Like It', comprising, The child in the garden watched by his parents, The young boy leaving for school, The grown man at dispute over a game of cards and The mature man in conversation with two beggars, each against a mottled ochre ground, impressed factory marks, two with date cyphers for 1872, one dated 3.6.73 with artist's monogram, printed Mintons' Art-Pottery Studio Kensington Gore, two signed H.S Marks to lower right, 21.5cm by 51cm, wood frames
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£1,500 - £2,500
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Hammer price:
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£3,500 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
Provenance:
Christie's South Kensington, 3rd December, 1993, lot 229
Christie's St James's, 7th August, 1879, lot 119
Condition report
The child in the garden- break running from halfway up the right hand side and curving downwards through the dog's head and to the bottom edge
The young boy leaving for school- diagonal break to right hand corner just above the boy's cap.
The grown man at dispute- overall in good condition
The mature man with beggars- vertical break from the top edge, running between the two beggars to the bottom edge
Some small losses and wear to the frames
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