Seven Mintons Art Pottery Studio Plaques

Description:

Seven Mintons Art Pottery Studio Plaques, England, c. 1871-75, each circular dish heavily gilded and polychrome enamel decorated with medieval themed figural scenes from Shakespeare's The Seven Ages of Man, including infant, schoolboy, lover, soldier, justice, pantaloons and old age, and facing imminent death, designed by Henry Stacy Marks, impressed marks, dia. 19 in.; mounted in modern giltwood frames.
Estimate $10,000-20,000

Scattered abrasions and wear to the gilt ground of each. No evidence of any cracks, chips or restorations.


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