Mintons Ltd. was a prominent British ceramic manufacturer that was established in Stoke-on-Trent, England, in 1793 by Thomas Minton and was an independent business from 1793 to 1968. The company quickly gained a reputation for producing high-quality ceramics, and in 1849, it was appointed the official pottery supplier to the Queen.

One of Mintons' most notable contributions to the ceramic industry was the development of a new type of ceramic body, known as "Parian ware," in the mid-19th century. Parian ware was a white, unglazed porcelain that was named after Paros, the Greek island renowned for its fine-textured, white Parian marble, used since antiquity for sculpture. Minton's parian ware was designed to resemble marble, and was used to create a variety of decorative objects, including busts, figurines, and vases.

Mintons also became known for its innovative and high-quality designs, which often featured intricate more...

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'Union Club' of Hobart porcelain lidded tureen and saucer by…

'Union Club' of Hobart porcelain lidded tureen and saucer by Minton & Boyle, circa 1840, the saucer 22 cm wide

A Minton, earthenware best body lidded tureen with blue & green…

A Minton, earthenware best body lidded tureen with blue & green floral pattern, gilt detail

A fine serving platter and three majolica oyster serving dishes…

A fine serving platter and three majolica oyster serving dishes by Mintons, mid 19th century, the platter decorated with panels of reclining Roman gods Juno, Neptune, Mercury and Jupiter within landscapes, on a marbled blue and green ground; the oyster…

Attractive Mintons 40 piece gilt decorated teaset, comprising,…

Exquisite Mintons 40-Piece Gilt Teaset with Cake Plates

Attractive Mintons 40 piece gilt decorated teaset, comprising, 12 cups, 12 saucers, 12 side plates, sugar bowl, milk jug and 2 cake plates

A set of twelve Minton & Boyle porcelain soup plates, together…

12 Minton & Boyle Porcelain Soup Plates and Bowl

A set of twelve Minton & Boyle porcelain soup plates, together with a similar bowl, 1836-1841, polychrome plates with moulded borders, pattern 4237, featuring a colourful bird amidst flowering foliage, four branching floral sprays to the rims, Felspar…

Minton majolica 'Dove' centrepiece bowl, circa 1870s, 14 cm…

Minton Majolica Dove Bowl - 1870s

Minton majolica 'Dove' centrepiece bowl, circa 1870s, 14 cm high, 28 cm wide

A Minton tazza and pair of dessert plates, late 19th century,…

Minton Tazza and Dessert Plates with Bisque Putti

A Minton tazza and pair of dessert plates, late 19th century, the tazza with pierced bowl supported by three addorsed bisque putti, united by gilt scrolls and monogrammed medallions on a navy blue ground, underglaze puce mark to base retailed by T Goode &…

Victorian Minton lidded earthenware tureen blue and white and…

Victorian Minton Earthenware Tureen with Blossom Decoration

Victorian Minton lidded earthenware tureen blue and white and iron red blossom and fruit decoration, footed base, marked to base, diameter 30 cm

Boxed pair Minton pin dishes

Minton Pin Dishes - Boxed Pair

Boxed pair Minton pin dishes

Vintage Mintons fruit decorated lustre bowl fruit decoration to…

Vintage Mintons Lustre Fruit Bowl

Vintage Mintons fruit decorated lustre bowl fruit decoration to centre, gilt decorated lustre border, marked to base, diameter 21 cm.

A Minton's Oriental-Inspired Lustreware circular bowl; circa…

Minton's Lustreware Oriental Bowl with Bird and Urn Design

A Minton's Oriental-Inspired Lustreware circular bowl; circa 1900, with gilt transfer decoration of scrolls and foliage, the centre with a circular reserve of birds sitting on a flowering urn. Height 8 cm, diameter 29 cm. Provenance: The Estate of J…

Good Antique Minton majolica lidded bowl figure of reclining…

Antique Minton Majolica Lidded Bowl with Goat Finial

Good Antique Minton majolica lidded bowl figure of reclining goat finial to lid, on dual handle bowl, with embossed decoration, indented mark to base, diameter 21 cm

Victorian Minton majolica jardiniere dual mask head handles, to…

Victorian Cobalt Blue Minton Majolica Jardiniere with Mask Handles

Victorian Minton majolica jardiniere dual mask head handles, to cobalt blue bowl, circa 1880, height 21 cm

Victorian Minton dish with etched scene on porcelain, by Goode,…

Victorian Minton Porcelain Dish with Etched Scene

Victorian Minton dish with etched scene on porcelain, by Goode, circa 1865. 30 by 23 cm

Mid 19th century Minton jug and bowl circa 1860, 25 cm diameter…

Minton Jug and Bowl Set, 1860

Mid 19th century Minton jug and bowl circa 1860, 25 cm diameter (bowl), 18 cm high (jug)

A Minton 'Grasmere'Tea service Consists of, 10, depth inner…

Minton 'Grasmere' Tea Service (Incomplete)

A Minton 'Grasmere'Tea service Consists of, 10, depth inner plates, diameter 27.5 cm, 12 x rimmed bowls, diameter 20.5 cm, 8 x salad bowls, diameter 20.5 cm, - crackline to one, 11 x bread and butter plates, diameter 17 cm, 6 x tea Cups- two with…

Mintons English six person tea service decorated with flowers…

Mintons English Tea Service with Missing Saucer

Mintons English six person tea service decorated with flowers and gilding comnprising of trios, sugar bowl and cream jug and cake plate one saucer missing

A Minton majolica game tureen and cover, the body decorated…

Minton Majolica Game Tureen with High Relief Cover

A Minton majolica game tureen and cover, the body decorated with oak leaves on a basket woven ground, the cover modelled in high relief with game grouse, duck and a hare on a background of oak leaves and ferns, the interior a bright turquoise. Restoration…

Pair Minton porcelain vases. Twin handled urn form vases.…

Minton Rose Basket Twin Handled Vases (or) Pair of Minton Rose Basket Vases

Pair Minton porcelain vases. Twin handled urn form vases. 'Minton rose Basket' design. Height 22 cm

Minton porcelain part cake service, in 'Cockatrice' pattern,…

Minton Cockatrice Porcelain Cake Service (15 pieces)

Minton porcelain part cake service, in 'Cockatrice' pattern, comprising twelve plates, cake tazza and two serving bowls (15)

A Minton porcelain Felspar china part dessert service, with…

Minton Porcelain Cockatoo Dessert Set

A Minton porcelain Felspar china part dessert service, with cockatoo cockatrice pattern. The polychromed enamel decoration of birds in flowering sprays. Consisting of a large comport, lidded saucer tureen on stand, eight plates, and two serving dishes.…

Minton Marlow patterned tea set floral decoration with gilt…

Floral Tea Set with Gilt Edging

Minton Marlow patterned tea set floral decoration with gilt edging consisting of cake plate, milk jug and sugar bowl.

A Minton sucrier with twin handles, circa 1840 decorated with…

Minton Sucrier with Rose Sprigs and Gilt Bands

A Minton sucrier with twin handles, circa 1840 decorated with rose sprigs between green and gilt oval bands 10 cm high

A pair of Minton serving dishes, 19th century decorated with a…

Minton Gilded Serving Dishes with Classical Frieze (9 words)

A pair of Minton serving dishes, 19th century decorated with a classical frieze with handpainted gilding 30 cm long

Minton porcelain set of six plates and two footed bowls…

Turquoise Floral Porcelain Set with Gilding

Minton porcelain set of six plates and two footed bowls decorated with hand painted flowers and gilding against turquoise ground

Antique Minton Secessionist ceramic bowl, green glaze…

Minton Secessionist Ceramic Bowl with Dual Handles

Antique Minton Secessionist ceramic bowl, green glaze decoration, dual handles, marked to base, (height 8 cm, diameter 22 cm).

A Minton 'Haddon Hall' oval dish, green rim, floral detail in…

Minton 'Haddon Hall' Oval Dish in Original Box

A Minton 'Haddon Hall' oval dish, green rim, floral detail in original box, excellent condition, no chips, cracks or crazing, never used 21.5 x 13.5 cm

Victorian Parian ware figure of a Gypsy carrying a basket,…

Victorian Parian Gypsy Figure, Minton Attribution

Victorian Parian ware figure of a Gypsy carrying a basket, attributed to Minton, height 16 cm. Ex Alan Landis Antiques.

Minton style Majolica jardiniere and stand basket weave…

Majolica Heron Jardiniere and Stand

Minton style Majolica jardiniere and stand basket weave jardiniere, the stand formed as a heron amongst foliage

Mintons Secessionist No.7 wash bowl 41.8 cm diameter, 12.9 cm…

Mintons Secessionist Wash Bowl, 41.8 cm Diameter

Mintons Secessionist No.7 wash bowl 41.8 cm diameter, 12.9 cm high

A Minton Japan pattern sugar box, circa 1810, pattern 558, a…

Minton Japan Sugar Box, Pattern 558

A Minton Japan pattern sugar box, circa 1810, pattern 558, a boat shaped sugar box with a domed lid and finial featuring trees and a lattice bridge in iron red, cobalt, orange and green colours with gilt enrichments upon a white ground, pattern number…

A Minton plate, circa 1850, the lobed plate with six scalloped…

Minton Fruit and Flower Plate

A Minton plate, circa 1850, the lobed plate with six scalloped cartouches enclosing sprays of fruits and flowers upon a cobalt ground, and centred with basket spilling a loose bouquet, impressed mark underside Diameter 24 cm

A basket attributed to Minton, circa 1835, the shaped…

Minton Basket with Gilt Birds on Cobalt Ground

A basket attributed to Minton, circa 1835, the shaped rectangular basket with moulded foliate edging and a cross over moulded handle, decorated with gilt wriggle work on a cobalt ground centred with a gilt cartouche enclosing fancy birds in colours,…

1866 A set of three Minton painted and gilt cupid decorated…

Minton Cupid Decorated Dessert Plates Set

1866 A set of three Minton painted and gilt cupid decorated dessert plates, cypher mark for 1865 comprising a comport and two plates each with pierce work rims 24 cm diameter

A Minton opalescent comport decorated with joker and greyhounds…

Minton Opalescent Joker and Greyhound Comport

A Minton opalescent comport decorated with joker and greyhounds to the central circular panel, early 20th century factory mark to base

A Minton painted and gilt cameo plate and comport, year cyphers…

Minton Painted Cameo Plate and Comport

A Minton painted and gilt cameo plate and comport, year cyphers for 1859 and 1864 the comport 17.5 cm high and 26.5 cm diameter

A Minton Majolica cherub and dove figured comport, year cypher…

Minton Majolica Cherub and Dove Comport

A Minton Majolica cherub and dove figured comport, year cypher for 1864 shape 980 17 cm high. Note: For a similar example see 19th century Ceramics including Majolica, Christies, South Kensington, 30 May 2002, lot 46.

A Mintons painted and gilt ornithological dessert service, year…

Mintons Ornithological Dessert Set, 1876

A Mintons painted and gilt ornithological dessert service, year cypher for 1876 on a green ground, comprising two comports and six plates the tallest comport 16 cm high and 25.5 cm diameter

A Minton painted and gilt ornithological dessert service, year…

Minton Ornithological Dessert Set (9 plates, 2 comports)

A Minton painted and gilt ornithological dessert service, year cyphers for 1872 and later comprising two comports and nine plates the comport 7 cm high and 24 cm diameter

An English Minton floral encrusted apple green basket. 20 cm…

Minton Apple Green Floral Basket

An English Minton floral encrusted apple green basket. 20 cm high 24 cm wide.

Antique Mintons lidded tureen and under plate with gold…

Antique Mintons Gold Embossed Tureen & Plate with Peace Bird

Antique Mintons lidded tureen and under plate with gold embossed decoration and Peace bird crest, circa 1895,the back is marked 'Manufactured For Phillips 175,176 and 178 Oxfords London and 'Minton' in center

A Victorian majolica Mintons mermaid centrepiece, the two naked…

Mintons Mermaid Centrepiece with Double Clam Shell Bowl

A Victorian majolica Mintons mermaid centrepiece, the two naked maidens flanking the double clam shell centre bowl, impressed marks including #1182. Some repair to one rope leaf support. Length 44 cm

A pair of Minton botanical dessert service dishes, circa…

Minton Botanical Dessert Service Dishes

A pair of Minton botanical dessert service dishes, circa 1824-28, pattern 865, both with finely painted floral specimens upon a suffused aubergine ground within wide moulded cobalt borders boldly decorated with gilt and white details; pattern numbers only…

Two slop bowls with fine landscape views Minton and other,…

Slop Bowls with Landscape Views, Minton and Other (9 words)

Two slop bowls with fine landscape views Minton and other, circa 1805, a Minton bowl, pattern 58, with two hand decorated roundels within gilded decorative borders, the body with various sprigs, see Cumming Minton collection; a transferware bowl, pattern…

A Minton turquoise porcelain comport, circa 1870s, pattern G865,…

Minton Turquoise Porcelain Comport with Bird and Magnolia Decoration

A Minton turquoise porcelain comport, circa 1870s, pattern G865, decoration in the manner of William Mussill, the comport with gilded borders finely decorated with a bird in a magnolia branch, unmarked, pattern numbers in blue underside, height 7 cm…

Antique Minton blue & white bowl with date lozenge, 26 cm…

Minton Blue & White Bowl, Dated, 26 cm Diameter

Antique Minton blue & white bowl with date lozenge, 26 cm diameter

Twenty-one piece Mintons blue & white teaset, Thames pattern,…

Mintons Thames Teaset with 21 Pieces

Twenty-one piece Mintons blue & white teaset, Thames pattern, comprising 6 trios, jug (a/f), sugar bowl & a cake plate

A Minton botanical dessert service, comprising of four comports…

Minton Botanical Dessert Service: 4 Comports, 11 Plates

A Minton botanical dessert service, comprising of four comports and eleven plates

A Minton Imari comport and three matching dessert dishes, circa…

Minton Imari Comport & Dessert Dishes, Oriental Japan, 1830s

A Minton Imari comport and three matching dessert dishes, circa 1830s, pattern 2596 and marked 'Oriental Japan', a lozenge shaped comport with looped handles, two square bowls and a shell shaped dish each with oriental rockwork, flora and a single bird,…

A Victorian Chinoiserie covered sucrier by Minton, 19th century,…

Minton Victorian Chinoiserie Sucrier

A Victorian Chinoiserie covered sucrier by Minton, 19th century, pattern 4891, a shaped ovoid sucrier with a domed lid with twig form handles to the lid and body, decorated with Qianlong styled patterned borders and fresh famille rose flora and birdlife,…

The base of a Minton majolica comport modelled with three…

Minton Cherub Lamp

The base of a Minton majolica comport modelled with three draped cherubs and converted to a lamp

Rare Mintons glazed 'Fish' shallow dish

Mintons Glazed Fish Dish

Rare Mintons glazed 'Fish' shallow dish

Late 19th century Minton vegetable tureen & plate, 27 cm…

Minton Vegetable Tureen & Plate (Late 19th Century)

Late 19th century Minton vegetable tureen & plate, 27 cm diameter approx, as inspected

A Minton china bowl with guilded decoration in original box,…

Guilded Minton China Bowl in Original Box

A Minton china bowl with guilded decoration in original box, 20th century, 29.5 cm diameter

Minton 'St James' coffee set for six persons comprising a…

Minton Coffee Set for Six Persons

Minton 'St James' coffee set for six persons comprising a lidded teapot, sugar bowl, cream jug with six cups & saucers. Condition: good to fair, restored finial to the coffee pot lid. Height of coffee pot 23 cm

A pair of Minton serving dishes, 19th century, decorated with…

Minton Floral Serving Dishes, 19th Century

A pair of Minton serving dishes, 19th century, decorated with floral spray on a gilt and blue ground, 23 cm deep

Minton 'Grandee' coffee service, comprising of coffee pot,…

Minton Grandee Coffee Service with 9 Cups and Saucers

Minton 'Grandee' coffee service, comprising of coffee pot, sugar bowl, creamer, nine cups and saucers, (one cup a/f)

Minton Majolica triple cherub centrepiece bowl depicting three…

Majolica Triple Cherub Centrepiece Bowl by Hughes Protat

Minton Majolica triple cherub centrepiece bowl depicting three putti holding a flower basket, modelled by Hughes Protat, stamped to the base. Height 30 cm

Minton Majolica spring & summer sweetmeat serving dish…

Minton Majolica Putti Sweetmeat Dish

Minton Majolica spring & summer sweetmeat serving dish depicting two putti carrying a shell, after a model by Albert carrier-Belleuse, on a oval pedestal base, stamped 'Minton'. Condition, good, minor wear to the base. Height 29 cm

Minton Majolica Oyster plate decorated with five spiralling…

Minton Majolica Oyster Plate with Fish and Shells

Minton Majolica Oyster plate decorated with five spiralling fish on a brown ground & six turquoise shell form dishes, stamped 'Minton' to the base.

Minton Majolica game pie dish the lid relief moulded with a…

Minton Majolica Game Pie Dish with Hunting Scene

Minton Majolica game pie dish the lid relief moulded with a hunted hare, grouse & duck on a bed of ferns, the body decorated with oak leaves onto a basket woven ground, decorated in a predominantly green & brown glaze with turquoise interior, stamped to…

Minton Majolica dolphin fruit stand the top bowl supported by…

Majolica Dolphin Fruit Stand

Minton Majolica dolphin fruit stand the top bowl supported by an entwined dolphin. Height 25 cm

Victorian Mintons tureen 'Cockatrice' pattern, retailed by…

Victorian Mintons Tureen in Cockatrice Pattern

Victorian Mintons tureen 'Cockatrice' pattern, retailed by Thomas Goode & Co. London, 32 cm wide approx.

A pair of Minton flower encrusted comports. Each painted within…

Minton Flower Comports with Blue Pierced Base

A pair of Minton flower encrusted comports. Each painted within encrusted flowers, on a flared blue pierced base. the base with Howard collection and BADA gold dealer.18 cm high

A signed Minton Aesop's Fable plate, circa 1880, with unclear…

Minton Aesop's Fable Plate, Handpainted, Signed

A signed Minton Aesop's Fable plate, circa 1880, with unclear date cypher. The plate with a reticulated border and a basket weave edge, handpainted with the classic fable of the fox and the crow and signed Edouard Rischgitz lower left; impressed mark…

Victorian Mintons part tea set comprising 10 cups & saucers,…

Victorian Mintons 10-Piece Tea Set with Extras

Victorian Mintons part tea set comprising 10 cups & saucers, sugar bowl & creamer & a spare saucer, as inspected

Minton aqua blue and white table suite comprising a lidded soup…

Minton Aqua Blue & White Table Set, 1852

Minton aqua blue and white table suite comprising a lidded soup tureen, two lidded vegetable tureens and a serving platter, with gilt highlights, dated 22nd September 1852. Condition excellent to good, some slight age-related wear to the gilding. Length…

25 Pcs Royal Crown Derby porcelain, including 11 coffee cups &…

Royal Crown Derby Porcelain Set with Minton Candle Holders

25 Pcs Royal Crown Derby porcelain, including 11 coffee cups & saucers; large & small comports; & pair Minton candle holders.

Five various early English porcelain soup bowls, including pr M…

Set of 5 English porcelain soup bowls, c.1870s

Five various early English porcelain soup bowls, including pr M & Co (Minton?); Masons; and 2 others. C.1870s. Diameter 26 cm. (average)

Four Minton dishes, along with two plates and a Royal Stafford…

Minton dishes, Royal Stafford jug & bowl with plates

Four Minton dishes, along with two plates and a Royal Stafford jug and small bowl (8)

A Minton china comport, 'Essex Birds'. Diameter 23 cm

Minton Essex Birds Comport (23cm)

A Minton china comport, 'Essex Birds'. Diameter 23 cm

Minton 'Seaweed' part teaset, comprising of 7 teacups with…

Minton Seaweed 22-piece Teaset

Minton 'Seaweed' part teaset, comprising of 7 teacups with saucers, a cake plate, bowl, 9 bread/butter plates, 2 large saucers and 3 side plates

A Minton & Boyle muffin dish and cover made for the Union Club,…

Union Club Muffin Dish with Kangaroo and Emu Motif

A Minton & Boyle muffin dish and cover made for the Union Club, Hobart, circa 1840, the base and cover bearing a shield inscribed Union Club flanked by a kangaroo and an emu above a ribbon motto, this piece is with the words ships, colonies & commerce,…

Minton majolica tazza, plate and Wedgwood bowl

Majolica Tazza, Plate & Wedgwood Bowl Set

Minton majolica tazza, plate and Wedgwood bowl

A pair of reticulated fruit and flower porcelain plates, circa…

Reticulated Fruit & Flower Porcelain Plates

A pair of reticulated fruit and flower porcelain plates, circa 1840s, in the Minton style, both with broad basket weave pierced borders, one with beautifully handpainted roses and foliage centrally and with fruit cartouches; the other with peaches and…

Minton 'Haddon Hall' tea set for 6, comprising teapot, cake…

Minton 'Haddon Hall' Tea Set for 6

Minton 'Haddon Hall' tea set for 6, comprising teapot, cake plate, milk jug, sugar bowl, 2 lidded jars and 6 trios

Antique Minton trio & cake dish

Minton Trio and Cake Dish Set

Antique Minton trio & cake dish

Three pieces of European Imari porcelain, comprising Minton…

European Imari Porcelain Trio

Three pieces of European Imari porcelain, comprising Minton plate, Aairdinger sectional dish and unmarked bowl (3)

Antique Minton three piece tureen c:1870

1870 Minton Three-Piece Tureen

Antique Minton three piece tureen c:1870

Minton serving bowl

Elegant Minton Serving Bowl

Minton serving bowl

Antique Minton sauce tureen and stand

Minton Sauce Tureen and Stand

Antique Minton sauce tureen and stand