Pair of Bulb Vases

Alboin Birks|Minton(s)

1889 · Pâte-sur-pâte on bone china with gilding · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

This pair of vases by Mintons are based on a model developed at Sèvres in the eighteenth century. Their manufacture just before the turn of the twentieth century points to Victorian England’s fascination with the revival of historical styles such as the French Rococo, a topic studied by the early feminist author Emilia Dilke.

Artist

Alboin Birks|Minton(s)

Date

1889

Medium

Pâte-sur-pâte on bone china with gilding

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