A pair of Minton moon flasks, designed by John Moyr Smith, c...

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61 - A pair of Minton moon flasks, designed by John Moyr Smith, c.1875, printed with scenes from Shakespe...

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A pair of Minton moon flasks, designed by John Moyr Smith, c.1875, printed with scenes from Shakespeares plays including Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Midsummer Nights Dream and Troilus and Cressida, on a pink ground, 24.5cm high

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Both flasks have fine crazing to the glaze all over and some small areas of grubbiness. One of the flasks has a fine short hairline crack to the foot. Both flasks have some brown speckling to the glaze on the inside of the neck, otherwise in good condition with no restoration, chips or cracks detected.

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Auction Date:

27th Sep 22 at 9:30am BST