Candlestick (one of a pair)

Minton(s)

1872 · Bone china with enamel decoration and gilding · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Minton was the most important ceramics factory during the Victorian period and began exhibiting products at the first Great Exhibition of 1851. Founded in 1793 by Thomas Minton at Stoke-on-Trent, the firm initially specialized in transferware pottery before expanding under the ownership of Thomas’s son Herbert Minton, beginning in 1836. Under the ownership of Colin Minton Campbell, who succeeded his uncle in 1858, the factory became recognized as a specialist producer of Aesthetics movement porcelain, which were inspired by a rich array of exotic and eclectic decorative motifs.

Artist

Minton(s)

Date

1872

Medium

Bone china with enamel decoration and gilding

Culture

British, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Gift of Helene Fortunoff and Robert Grossman, 2017