Minton Majolica Cockerel Teapot

Cockerel Majolica Teapot. He is singing and its beak is open and forms the spout. Its legs are slightly folded beneath him and its feathers are ochre and green, long and the tail ones are forming the handle. A small feather adorns the removable lid.

Reedition of a famous Minton majolica production circa 1870. Limited and numbered edition, signed and numbered 197/2500, sold with its certificate of authenticity.

Minton was one of the most important English manufactories of majolica and porcelain, created in 1793 by Thomas Minton in the Staffordshire.
Minton supplied many famous institutions during the 19th century for both art porcelain pieces and also encaustics tiles. Minton exhibited pieces at the Great Exhibition of 1851, received a gold medal in 1855 for the Exposition Universelle in Paris, and had prestigious clients like Queen Victoria. The manufactory was internationally renowned and was knew for several specialties: china bone, majolica, Parian ware, and Japonism ware and Secessionist ware. Circa 1970 the company merged with others like Royal Doulton then eventually disappeared in 2005.