Minton : Staffordshire (c. 1793-1873)
Pair of ice pails 1850-51
Glazed and unglazed bone china, painted in enamels and gilded | 62.0 x 42.5 x 42.5 cm (parts .a, .b and c together) | RCIN 73382
China Corridor, Windsor Castle
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A set of two large biscuit porcelain ice pails, parcel gilt with turquoise bone china base; cover surmounted by a group of two boys picking grapes from a barrel; fox masks and skins about top, bear hunting scenes on the sides, and hunting figures stand with dogs and weapons around the tiered base.
Provenance
Part of the dessert service known as the Victoria pattern dessert service purchased by Queen Victoria from Minton and Co's stand at the Great Exhibition in 1851. She subsequently gave sixty nine pieces of the service to the Austrian Emperor Franz Josef I, for whom it was originally intended, before commissioning more for herself.
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Creator(s)
(porcelain manufacturer)(designer)Acquirer(s)
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Medium and techniques
Glazed and unglazed bone china, painted in enamels and gilded
Measurements
62.0 x 42.5 x 42.5 cm (parts .a, .b and c together)
Category
Place of Production
Staffordshire [England]
