
Anna Burnside
Head of Sale
£3,000 - £5,000
Head of Sale
Director
Provenance
Alboin Birks and thence by family descent to the present owners
Minton opened a separate account book for pâte-sur-pâte vases in June 1871 in which every entry was numbered, the first denoted as NP1 and the last entry for pâte-sur-pâte listed as NP1434, with 'NP' or 'New Pattern' mark indicating new and trial wares. The present vase is number NP1257. A similar vase was sold by Christie's New York on 25 October 2007, lot 550.