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Queen Mary's Dolls' House: A rare Minton miniature tureen and cover, circa 1924

20 November 2019, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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Queen Mary's Dolls' House: A rare Minton miniature tureen and cover, circa 1924

From the 'Royal Dinner Service', of circular form with a gilded knop and twin handles, gilded with the royal cipher 'MR' below a crown, within blue and gold borders, 2.3cm diam, 'MADE BY MINTONS LTD' in gold (2)

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Mariot, Lady Ironside

Made as a duplicate for the miniature 'Royal Dinner Service' created by Minton for Queen Mary's Doll's House. The service is illustrated by AC Benson and Sir Lawrence Weaver, Everybody's Book of The Queen's Dolls' House (1924), p.113. A further selection of duplicate pieces from the set, including a similar tureen, is illustrated by Paul Atterbury and Maureen Batkin, Dictionary of Minton (1990), p.133. Another tureen and cover from the Jeanne Zorensky Collection was sold by Bonhams on 19 March 2013, lot 186.

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