Minton China Photos

Mintons (1793-1968) (aka Minton) started in the Staffordshire town of Longton (later Stoke-on-Trent aka Stoke). Minton made artistic bone China items with classical & Arts & Craft patterns. Minton tiles are shown on their own page. Three companies used the name Minton(s) but this page lumps them together.

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Covered caudle cup by Minton of Stoke Staffordshire in Newton Arts Building at Milan Historical Museum. Milan, OH.Silver teapot from Newcastle; silver sugar & creamer from Edinburgh & Minton teacups in parlour at Georgian House museum. Edinburgh, Scotland.Collection of early Minton bone china at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.Bone china creamer & stand by Minton of Stoke-on-Trent, England at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.
Covered caudle cup (1750s) by Minton of Stoke Staffordshire in Newton Arts Building at Milan Historical Museum. Milan, OH.Silver teapot (1788) from Newcastle; silver sugar & creamer (1813) from Edinburgh & Minton teacups (c1810) in parlour at Georgian House museum. Edinburgh, Scotland.Collection of early Minton bone china (1799-1816) at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.Bone china creamer & stand (pattern 18) (c1799) by Minton of Stoke-on-Trent, England at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.
Bone china teapot & stand by Minton of Stoke-on-Trent, England at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.Minton shell-shaped fruit dish at Beaverbrook Art Gallery. Fredericton, NB.Bone china cup & saucer by Minton of Stoke-on-Trent, England at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.Bone china teacup & saucer by Minton of Stoke-on-Trent, England at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.
Bone china teapot & stand (pattern 25) (c1799-1800) by Minton of Stoke-on-Trent, England at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.Minton shell-shaped fruit dish (c1800) at Beaverbrook Art Gallery. Fredericton, NB.Bone china cup & saucer (pattern 56) (c1800) by Minton of Stoke-on-Trent, England at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.Bone china teacup & saucer (pattern 66) (c1800) by Minton of Stoke-on-Trent, England at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.
Bone china inkstand by Minton of Stoke-on-Trent, England at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.Bone china teapot & plate by Minton of Stoke-on-Trent, England at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.Bone china teapot & milk jug by Minton of Stoke-on-Trent, England at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.Bone china punch bowl by Minton of Stoke-on-Trent, England at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.
Bone china inkstand (pattern 85) (c1800-02) by Minton of Stoke-on-Trent, England at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.Bone china teapot & plate (pattern 90) (c1800-02) by Minton of Stoke-on-Trent, England at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.Bone china teapot & milk jug (pattern 150) (c1800-02) by Minton of Stoke-on-Trent, England at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.Bone china punch bowl (pattern 184) (c1800-02) by Minton of Stoke-on-Trent, England at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.
Bone china gilded blue painted dish & covered sugar bowl pattern 202 by Minton of Stoke-upon-Trent at Potteries Museum & Art Gallery. Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, England.Bone china teapot & stand painted with Chinese garden bridge by Minton of Stoke-on-Trent, England at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.Stoneware bread dish inscribed 'Waste not - Want not' in Gothic Revival style by A.W.N, Pugin for Minton of Stoke-on-Trent, England at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.Earthenware encaustic bread plate by A.W.N. Pugin for Minton & Co at British Museum. London, United Kingdom.
Bone china gilded blue painted dish & covered sugar bowl pattern 202 (c1810) by Minton of Stoke-upon-Trent at Potteries Museum & Art Gallery. Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, England.Bone china teapot & stand painted with Chinese garden bridge (c1815-6) by Minton of Stoke-on-Trent, England at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.Stoneware bread dish inscribed 'Waste not - Want not' in Gothic Revival style (c1849-55) by A.W.N, Pugin for Minton of Stoke-on-Trent, England at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.Earthenware encaustic bread plate (before 1849) by A.W.N. Pugin for Minton & Co at British Museum. London, United Kingdom.
Stoneware "waste not want not" plate by AWN Pugin for Minton & Co. of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England at National Museum of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland.Ironstone plate with transfer-print of maple leaves by Minton of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.Collection of showpiece Minton of Stoke vases on elaborately carved sideboard with mirror at Potteries Museum & Art Gallery. Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, England.Collection of showpiece Minton of Stoke majolicas some shown at International Exhibitions at Potteries Museum & Art Gallery. Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, England.
Stoneware "waste not want not" plate (c1850) by AWN Pugin for Minton & Co. of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England at National Museum of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland.Ironstone plate with transfer-print of maple leaves (late 19thC) by Minton of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.Collection of showpiece Minton of Stoke vases (19thC) on elaborately carved sideboard with mirror at Potteries Museum & Art Gallery. Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, England.Collection of showpiece Minton of Stoke majolicas some shown at International Exhibitions (19thC) at Potteries Museum & Art Gallery. Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, England.
Earthenware scroll-handled vase sculpted with goats, exotic birds & supported by cupids by Albert Ernest Carrier de Belleuse for Minton of Stoke-upon-Trent at Potteries Museum & Art Gallery. Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, England.Bone china molded dessert plates decorated with views of Great Exhibition of 1851 ringed by pierced border by Minton & Co. of Stoke , Staffordshire at Potteries Museum & Art Gallery. Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, England.Bone china plate in style of Sèvres by Minton of Stoke-on-Trent, England at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.Earthenware tray in Renaissance Revival style by Sir Coutts Lindsay for Minton of Stoke-on-Trent, England at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.
Earthenware scroll-handled vase sculpted with goats, exotic birds & supported by cupids (c1850s) by Albert Ernest Carrier de Belleuse for Minton of Stoke-upon-Trent at Potteries Museum & Art Gallery. Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, England.Bone china molded dessert plates decorated with views of Great Exhibition of 1851 ringed by pierced border (1851) by Minton & Co. of Stoke , Staffordshire at Potteries Museum & Art Gallery. Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, England.Bone china plate in style of Sèvres (c1862) by Minton of Stoke-on-Trent, England at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.Earthenware tray in Renaissance Revival style (1863) by Sir Coutts Lindsay for Minton of Stoke-on-Trent, England at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.
Porcelain neoclassical centerpiece made by Minton & Co. of Stoke-on-Trent, England at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Porcelain dessert plate with scene Camp on Eagle River - Expecting the Crees by Minton of Stoke-on-Trent, England at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.Porcelain plate with print of Assiniboine Rescues Bucephalus by Minton of Longton, Staffordshire, England part of Lord Milton dessert service at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.Porcelain plate with print of Way Side House at Midnight by Minton of Longton, Staffordshire, England part of Lord Milton dessert service at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.
Porcelain neoclassical centerpiece (1866) made by Minton & Co. of Stoke-on-Trent, England at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Porcelain dessert plate with scene Camp on Eagle River - Expecting the Crees (c1867) by Minton of Stoke-on-Trent, England at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.Porcelain plate with print of Assiniboine Rescues Bucephalus (c1867) by Minton of Longton, Staffordshire, England part of Lord Milton dessert service at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.Porcelain plate with print of Way Side House at Midnight (c1867) by Minton of Longton, Staffordshire, England part of Lord Milton dessert service at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.
Bone china pedestal bowl by W.H. Slater made by Minton & Co of Stoke-on-Trent at British Museum. London, United Kingdom.Bone china bottle vase with scarab beetle in Eclectic style attrib. Christopher Dresser for Minton of Stoke-on-Trent, England at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Porcelain vase with owls' head & claws by Christopher Dresser made by Minton & Co of Stoke-on-Trent at Ashmolean Museum. Oxford, England.Bone china bottle vase with scarab beetle in Japonesque style by Christopher Dresser for Minton of Stoke-on-Trent, England at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.
Bone china pedestal bowl (1868-9) by W.H. Slater made by Minton & Co of Stoke-on-Trent at British Museum. London, United Kingdom.Bone china bottle vase with scarab beetle in Eclectic style (c1862) attrib. Christopher Dresser for Minton of Stoke-on-Trent, England at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Porcelain vase with owls' head & claws (1869) by Christopher Dresser made by Minton & Co of Stoke-on-Trent at Ashmolean Museum. Oxford, England.Bone china bottle vase with scarab beetle in Japonesque style (c1870) by Christopher Dresser for Minton of Stoke-on-Trent, England at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.
Porcelain vases by Christopher Dresser made by Minton & Co. of Stoke-on-Trent, England at National Museum of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland.Porcelain blue vases possibly by Christopher Dresser made by Minton & Co of Stoke-on-Trent at Ashmolean Museum. Oxford, England.Porcelain vase with Beetles by Christopher Dresser made by Minton & Co of Stoke-on-Trent at Ashmolean Museum. Oxford, England.Porcelain tea cup & plate by Christopher Dresser made by Minton & Co. of Stoke-on-Trent, England at National Museum of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland.
Porcelain vases (1870) by Christopher Dresser made by Minton & Co. of Stoke-on-Trent, England at National Museum of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland.Porcelain blue vases (1870) possibly by Christopher Dresser made by Minton & Co of Stoke-on-Trent at Ashmolean Museum. Oxford, England.Porcelain vase with Beetles (1872) by Christopher Dresser made by Minton & Co of Stoke-on-Trent at Ashmolean Museum. Oxford, England.Porcelain tea cup & plate (1875) by Christopher Dresser made by Minton & Co. of Stoke-on-Trent, England at National Museum of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland.
Porcelain fan-shaped vase with Cranes by Christopher Dresser made by Minton & Co of Stoke-on-Trent at Ashmolean Museum. Oxford, England.Porcelain tea caddy mimics tied bale which Chinese characters by Christopher Dresser made by Minton & Co of Stoke-on-Trent at Ashmolean Museum. Oxford, England.Majolica terracotta roundel of woman's profile surrounded by olive branches by Minton of Stoke-upon-Trent at Potteries Museum & Art Gallery. Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, England.Porcelain flask with applied cupids by M.L. Solon for Mintons of Stoke-upon-Trent at Potteries Museum & Art Gallery. Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, England.
Porcelain fan-shaped vase with Cranes (1877) by Christopher Dresser made by Minton & Co of Stoke-on-Trent at Ashmolean Museum. Oxford, England.Porcelain tea caddy mimics tied bale which Chinese characters (c1880) by Christopher Dresser made by Minton & Co of Stoke-on-Trent at Ashmolean Museum. Oxford, England.Majolica terracotta roundel of woman's profile surrounded by olive branches (1870s) by Minton of Stoke-upon-Trent at Potteries Museum & Art Gallery. Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, England.Porcelain flask with applied cupids (1870s-90s) by M.L. Solon for Mintons of Stoke-upon-Trent at Potteries Museum & Art Gallery. Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, England.
Earthenware teapot with Aster pattern by Minton & Co of Stoke-on-Trent at British Museum. London, United Kingdom.Painted ceramic flasks by Art Pottery Studio in London which offered middle class ladies an artistic career as part of Mintons of Stoke-upon-Trent at Potteries Museum & Art Gallery. Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, England.Earthenware plaque painted with dandelion & plaque painted with fashionable woman 1879 by Herbert Wilson Foster both made by Minton of Stoke-upon-Trent at Potteries Museum & Art Gallery. Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, England.Earthenware teapot & cover in shape of Japanese character shape 1838 by Minton of Stoke-upon-Trent at Potteries Museum & Art Gallery. Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, England.
Earthenware teapot with Aster pattern (late 1870) by Minton & Co of Stoke-on-Trent at British Museum. London, United Kingdom.Painted ceramic flasks (1871-5) by Art Pottery Studio in London which offered middle class ladies an artistic career as part of Mintons of Stoke-upon-Trent at Potteries Museum & Art Gallery. Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, England.Earthenware plaque painted with dandelion (c1872) & plaque painted with fashionable woman 1879 by Herbert Wilson Foster both made by Minton of Stoke-upon-Trent at Potteries Museum & Art Gallery. Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, England.Earthenware teapot & cover in shape of Japanese character shape 1838 (1874) by Minton of Stoke-upon-Trent at Potteries Museum & Art Gallery. Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, England.
Earthenware life-size peacock shape 2045 by Paul Comoléra for Minton of Stoke-upon-Trent at Potteries Museum & Art Gallery. Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, England.Earthenware life-size peacock shape 2045 by Paul Comoléra for Minton of Stoke-upon-Trent at Potteries Museum & Art Gallery. Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, England.Detail of earthenware life-size peacock shape 2045 by Paul Comoléra for Minton of Stoke-upon-Trent at Potteries Museum & Art Gallery. Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, England.Bone china plate in Japonesque style by Minton of Stoke-on-Trent, England at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.
Earthenware life-size peacock shape 2045 (1875) by Paul Comoléra for Minton of Stoke-upon-Trent at Potteries Museum & Art Gallery. Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, England.Earthenware life-size peacock shape 2045 (1875) by Paul Comoléra for Minton of Stoke-upon-Trent at Potteries Museum & Art Gallery. Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, England.Detail of earthenware life-size peacock shape 2045 (1875) by Paul Comoléra for Minton of Stoke-upon-Trent at Potteries Museum & Art Gallery. Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, England.Bone china plate in Japonesque style (1876) by Minton of Stoke-on-Trent, England at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.
Earthenware transfer-print bamboo & fan plates by Minton & Co. of Stoke-on-Trent, England at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Earthenware Saint-Porchaire style ewer in Renaissance Revival style by Charles Toft for Minton of Stoke-on-Trent, England at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.Bone china plate in Aesthetic style by Edmond G. Reuter & Richard W. Pilsbury for Minton of Stoke-on-Trent, England at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.Porcelain flask with cameo head of Medusa by Thomas Mellor made by Minton & Co of Stoke-on-Trent at British Museum. London, United Kingdom.
Earthenware transfer-print bamboo & fan plates (c1877) by Minton & Co. of Stoke-on-Trent, England at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Earthenware Saint-Porchaire style ewer in Renaissance Revival style (c1879) by Charles Toft for Minton of Stoke-on-Trent, England at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.Bone china plate in Aesthetic style (1879) by Edmond G. Reuter & Richard W. Pilsbury for Minton of Stoke-on-Trent, England at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.Porcelain flask with cameo head of Medusa (1879) by Thomas Mellor made by Minton & Co of Stoke-on-Trent at British Museum. London, United Kingdom.
Porcelain flask with cameo head of Augustus by Thomas Mellor made by Minton & Co of Stoke-on-Trent at British Museum. London, United Kingdom.Japanese-inspired vase by Minton & Co. of England at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Bone china teacup & saucer attrib. Thomas Kirkby for Minton of Stoke-on-Trent, England at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.Bone china plate in Japonesque style by Minton of Stoke-on-Trent, England at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.
Porcelain flask with cameo head of Augustus (1879) by Thomas Mellor made by Minton & Co of Stoke-on-Trent at British Museum. London, United Kingdom.Japanese-inspired vase (1880s?) by Minton & Co. of England at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Bone china teacup & saucer (c1880-89) attrib. Thomas Kirkby for Minton of Stoke-on-Trent, England at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.Bone china plate in Japonesque style (1880) by Minton of Stoke-on-Trent, England at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.
Bone chine teaware with printed flying cranes pattern G4377 by Mintons of Stoke-upon-Trent at Potteries Museum & Art Gallery. Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, England.Porcelain loving cup with Canadian lake sold by Glover Harrison by Minton of Longton, Staffordshire, England at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.Earthenware plate in Secessionist style by Minton of Stoke-on-Trent, England at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.Earthenware vases in Secessionist style by Minton of Stoke-on-Trent, England at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.
Bone chine teaware with printed flying cranes pattern G4377 (c1882) by Mintons of Stoke-upon-Trent at Potteries Museum & Art Gallery. Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, England.Porcelain loving cup with Canadian lake sold by Glover Harrison (Toronto) (c1884) by Minton of Longton, Staffordshire, England at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.Earthenware plate in Secessionist style (1902) by Minton of Stoke-on-Trent, England at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.Earthenware vases in Secessionist style (1902-14) by Minton of Stoke-on-Trent, England at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.
Earthenware water jug & soap dish by Minton & Co. of Staffordshire at Walker Art Gallery. Liverpool, England.Earthenware plate in Secessionist style by Minton of Stoke-on-Trent, England at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.Lusitania / Mauretania soup plate by Mintons at Merseyside Maritime Museum. Liverpool, England.Earthenware 'Sea Maiden' vase in Antique Revival style by Walter Crane & William S Mycock for Minton of Stoke-on-Trent, England at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.
Earthenware water jug & soap dish (c1902) by Minton & Co. of Staffordshire at Walker Art Gallery. Liverpool, England.Earthenware plate in Secessionist style (1903) by Minton of Stoke-on-Trent, England at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.Lusitania / Mauretania soup plate (1906) by Mintons at Merseyside Maritime Museum. Liverpool, England.Earthenware 'Sea Maiden' vase in Antique Revival style (c1910) by Walter Crane & William S Mycock for Minton of Stoke-on-Trent, England at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.
Rose Minton china bought by Eisenhowers while stationed at Camp Gaillard Panama at Eisenhower Museum. Abilene, KS.Minton Majolica oyster stand in State Dining Room at Hopetoun House. Queensferry, Scotland.Minton china from England imported to the Confederacy by blockade runners at Siege Museum. Petersburg, VA.
Rose Minton china bought by Eisenhowers while stationed at Camp Gaillard Panama at Eisenhower Museum. Abilene, KS.Minton Majolica oyster stand in State Dining Room at Hopetoun House. Queensferry, Scotland.Minton china from England imported to the Confederacy by blockade runners at Siege Museum. Petersburg, VA.
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