"Pompeian" vase with cover (one of a pair)

Minton(s)|Louis Marc Emmanuel Solon|T. Goode

ca. 1874 · Pâte-sur-pâte with gilding and enamel decoration · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

This vase demonstrates the wealth of ornamental motifs available to designers at industrial manufactories such as Mintons, where Solon worked for much of his career. The results were at times startlingly eclectic. On this pair of “Pompeiian vases,” the asymmetrically hung medallions evoke Japanese designs, while the delicate pink hue of the ornaments and Solon’s cameo decoration call to mind a neo-Rococo aesthetic.

Artist

Minton(s)|Louis Marc Emmanuel Solon|T. Goode

Date

ca. 1874

Medium

Pâte-sur-pâte with gilding and enamel decoration

Culture

British, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Gift of the Starr and Wolfe Families, in celebration of the Museum's 150th Anniversary, 2019