Olive-green ground vase with pâte-sur-pâte decoration
Medium
Bone china, with enamel and pâte-sur-pâte decoration and gilding and platinum
Dimensions
16 in. (40.6 cm)
Classification
Ceramics-Pottery
Culture
British, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of the Starr and Wolfe Families, in celebration of the Museum's 150th Anniversary, 2019
Accession Number
2019.597.3
Art Historical Context
This exquisite olive-green ground vase, in 1884 by Louis Marc Emmanuel Solon for the renowned Minton pottery in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire exemplifies the pinnacle of Victorian ceramic artistry. Standing at 16 inches tall, it is made of fine bone china—a translucent, durable porcelain prized for its elegance and strength—adorned with intricate enamel, pâte-sur-pâte decoration, gilding, and platinum accents. Minton, a leader in British ceramics during the 19th century, was celebrated for pushing technical boundaries, and this vase reflects the firm's status as an innovator in luxury decorati...
About the Artist
Minton(s)|Louis Marc Emmanuel Solon · 1793–2001
Minton is among the most distinguished names in the history of British ceramics, a firm whose two and a quarter centuries of production encompass everything from blue transfer-printed earthenwares to the most rarefied decorative porcelain of the Victorian age. The company was founded in 1793 by Thomas Minton (1765–1836) in Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire — the heart of England's pottery industry. ...