Anna Burnside
Head of Sale
Property from the Descendants of Alboin Birks
Lot 291
Eight Minton pâte-sur-pâte plates by Alboin Birks, dated 1901-26
11 June 2025, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge£400 - £600
Ask about this lot
Fergus Gambon
Director
Eight Minton pâte-sur-pâte plates by Alboin Birks, dated 1901-26
Comprising one reserved with three panels to the rim painted with classical figures and Cupids at various pursuits on blue grounds, signed 'A Birks', alternating with further panels of foliate ornament; one reserved with three panels to the rim painted with reclining classical maidens attended by Cupids on blue grounds, signed 'Birks' and 'AB'; one painted with a formal foliate border on a blue ground; one with a reticulated rim, the centre with a shaped rectangular panel painted with a Cupid wielding thunderbolts among clouds, signed 'AB', on a mauve ground issuing foliage; and four each reserved with three classical portrait bust medallions on blue grounds to the rims, signed 'A Birks and 'AB', including two soup plates, 21.2-26.2cm diam, impressed MINTONS and date ciphers; together with three earthenware plates, comprising two painted in sepia with square landscape panels reserved against floral sprays, including one titled 'BACHARACH ON THE RHINE' signed 'A Birks'; the last painted with a portrait of a girl in sepia, signed 'A Birks', 23.6-25.2cm diam (11)
Footnotes
Provenance
Alboin Birks and thence by family descent to the present owners