Lot 106 , A large Minton bone china baluster vase, c.1850-60, 40cm

A large Minton bone china baluster vase, c.1850-60, finely painted with pink roses and leaves on a special soft glaze, gilt strapwork borders, ermine mark, 40cm
Estimate £300-500

Label to base in Geoffrey Godden's hand 'this vase led to my first books on Victorian porcelain'.

Ex Geoffrey Godden Collection.

Some wear to the gilding. There is some stained fine crazing to the glaze on the inside of the neck and a single crazing line to the top of the shoulder. There is a deep scratch to the body on the lower third of the vase. The enamel to one of the leaves has misfired slightly. No restoration, chips or cracks detected, otherwise in good condition.


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Sold for £420