Round, flat bodied bottle (one of a pair)
ca. 1870–80
Medium
Bone china
Dimensions
Overall (.1, confirmed): 10 3/8 × 8 1/4 × 4 3/16 in. (26.4 × 21 × 10.6 cm); Overall (.2, confirmed): 10 1/8 × 7 15/16 × 4 in. (25.7 × 20.2 × 10.2 cm)
Classification
Ceramics-Porcelain
Culture
British, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2016
Accession Number
2016.178.2.2
Art Historical Context
This elegant pair of round, flat-bodied bottles, crafted around 1870–80 by Minton porcelain works in collaboration with designer Christopher Dresser, exemplifies the pinnacle of British ceramic innovation during the Victorian era. Made from fine bone china—a translucent, durable porcelain formula perfected in Staffordshire, the epicenter of England's pottery industry—these vessels measure about 10 inches tall and showcase the technical mastery of Stoke-on-Trent artisans. Minton, a leading firm founded in 1793, was renowned for exporting luxury goods worldwide, blending functionality with artis...
About the Artist
Minton(s)|Christopher Dresser · 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. ...