Lot 15

In fair condition, the knop restuck, discolouration of the proud edges of the salt glaze.


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See an identical example illustrated in "A.W.N. Pugin: Master of Gothic Revival" 1996 published by the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, page 250, designed to be used for children who were too ill to be baptised in church, they were a feature of Minton's production from the 1840s until the end of the century. This example is a replica of the font in the church of St Mary Magdalen, Oxford.