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Minton's were one the largest and most forward-looking of Victorian ceramic manufacturers.  As with all factories, by far the largest proportion of their production was of tablewares such as these. It was this that financially supported art production which often was produced at a loss.<br><br><b>Time</b><br>Minton's had a well-established customer base on which they depended to regularly buy new tablewares. This smart design of 1875 incorporates a number of fashionable features which an 1870s art-conscious clientele would recognise. It was made in Minton's bone china and would have been more expensive  than earthenware production. It was therefore designed to appeal to middle and upper class diners. Minton's 'cloisonné' wares attracted enthusiastic reviews at the Philadelphia Centennial of 1876.<br><br><b>Design & Designing</b><br>The relatively high temperature which is required to fire bone china  also allows for crisp decoration, here skilfully applied by Minton's workforce. On this tableware fashionable Japanese and Chinese-style ornament is printed and painted in imitation of 'cloisonné' metalwork. This ornament mimics both the technique of coloured enamel enclosed within brass-wire outlines and the vivid blue and other colours typical of the originals. Dresser has combined a repeating diaper pattern with his own stylised flower forms.","physicalDescription":"","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Dresser, Christopher","id":"A8351"},"association":{"text":"designer","id":"AAT25190"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"Minton","id":"A9175"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"AAT251917"},"note":""}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"Bone china, with overglaze enamel colours and gilt, thrown and turned","categories":[{"text":"Bone China","id":"THES48987"},{"text":"Drinking","id":"THES48965"},{"text":"Scotland","id":"THES262877"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"CER","id":"THES48594"},"images":["2006AM5754","2006AM5755"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"125E (VA)","id":"THES49214"},"free":"","case":"CA1","shelf":"","box":"7"},{"current":{"text":"125E (VA)","id":"THES49214"},"free":"","case":"CA1","shelf":"","box":"7"}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"cups","id":"AAT43202"}],[{"text":"Saucer","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Stoke-on-Trent","id":"x29185"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1875","earliest":"1875-01-01","latest":"1875-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[],"dimensionsNote":"Dimensions checked: Measured; 18/12/1998 by tb","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"Red enamel marks (incorporating pattern number)","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":""},{"content":"'V'","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"inside footrim","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"inside footrim"}],"objectHistory":"Designed by Christopher Dresser (born in Glasgow, 1834, died in Mulhouse, France, 1904); made by Minton & Co., Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Cup and saucer","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"British Galleries:\nDresser produced designs for Minton & Co. over a period of about 30 years. Many examples like these are based on a Chinese metalwork technique called 'cloisonn‚'.  The ornamental patterns show the influence of the designer and writer, Owen Jones, whom Dresser met when he was a student.","date":{"text":"27/03/2003","earliest":"2003-03-27","latest":"2003-03-27"}}],"partNumbers":["C.177-1986","C.177A-1986"],"accessionNumberNum":"177","accessionNumberPrefix":"C","accessionYear":1986,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE","Cup","Saucer"],"assets":["2019LP2800","2019LR4782","2019LV5243"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-12","recordCreationDate":"2003-03-27","availableToBook":false}}