mintons-parian-figure-colin-minton-campbell
Lot 4
Mintons Parian Figure "Colin Minton Campbell"
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Date code "B" for 1886, modeled as he stands in his frock coat, his hand resting on a tazza which is over-turned on a majolica stand, his other hand in his pocket, all with crisp detail. Impressed on the bottom with "MINTONS" and date code.

19 in.

"Colin Minton Campbell, of Woodseat in Staffordshire, was a British businessman and Member of Parliament. On his death of his uncle Herbert Minton in 1858, Colin Minton Campbell took over leadership of the family company Mintons, a leading firm making Staffordshire pottery of many kinds in Stoke-on-Trent." Wikipedia



Some accumulated grime causing discoloring of the Parian surface; corner scrapes; no chips.