Lot 61 , A pair of Minton moon flasks, designed by John Moyr Smith, c.1875, 24.5cm high

A pair of Minton moon flasks, designed by John Moyr Smith, c.1875, printed with scenes from Shakespeare’s plays including Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Midsummer Nights Dream and Troilus and Cressida, on a pink ground, 24.5cm high
£300-500

Condition:
Both flasks have fine crazing to the glaze all over and some small areas of grubbiness. One of the flasks has a fine short hairline crack to the foot. Both flasks have some brown speckling to the glaze on the inside of the neck, otherwise in good condition with no restoration, chips or cracks detected.

Sold for £420