19th Century Minton Fireplace Tile Number 2532E- Marc Louis Solon, Designer

Description: Estate Find Mintons China WorksFireplace TileCatalogue Number 2532EMarc Louis Emmanuel Solon, Designer We offer the left sided fireplace tile designed by Marc Louis Emmanuel Solon for Mintons China Works located at Stoke-on-Trent in England. The two companion tiles are offered on separate auction listings.The set of three tiles are the only ones listed in period Mintons catalogs as being designed by Marc Louis Solon.Our tile features a classical maiden holding a scythe aside a sapling tree.The tile was hand pressed into a mould and finished in a translucent reddish brown glaze. “Mintons China Works Stoke-On-Trent” is stamped three time on the reverse.The tile measures 14 1/4” in height and 6 1/8” in width with a depth of 1/2”. The Solon designed tile from Mintons China Works is presented in very good antique condition. Louis Marc Emmanuel Solon (1835-1913), pottery artist, Stoke upon Trent. Louis Marc Emmanuel Solon was born in Montauban, Tarn et Garonne, France, in 1835. Ill health prevented his studying law as expected and he attended the Atelier of Lecoq de Boisbaudrant, Paris. Some of his etchings were published while he was at Lecoq's studio and this led to his joining the Sevres Pottery, where he experimented with the pate-sur-pate process. A vase thus decorated was the Sevres entry in the 1867 International Exhibition. Solon moved to Minton's, Stoke upon Trent, just before the Prussians besieged Paris in 1870. There he was encouraged by Colin Minton Campbell to continue with his pate-sur-pate work. He and the assistants he trained produced many items which are now acknowledged masterpieces, including Queen Victoria's Jubilee Vase. Solon's decoration has been described as 'a curious blend of fantasy, Renaissance and Classical styles and discreet eroticism'. Louis Marc Emmanuel Solon retired in 1904 but continued with his artistic work and his hobbies. He assembled a large collection of pottery, especially salt-glaze ware. He wrote a number of books on pottery and amassed a collection of works on ceramic history of over 3,500 volumes. His published works include 'A Brief Account of Pate-sur-Pate' and 'The Art of the Old English Potter'. The inscription on the opening plate of ' The Art of the Old English Potter' is dedicated to Colin Minton Campbell:TO COLIN MINTON CAMPBELL ESQ.To what you have done topromote the improvement of pottery in Englandthe world at large will bear testimony:If the author of this imperfect essay presumes to dedicate itto you, it is only as a tribute of personal respect, and an acknowledgment,however inadequate,of many favours received at your hands. About 1873 Solon married Maria, daughter of Leon Arnoux, the art director of Minton's, and they had eight sons and one daughter. The family lived at No. 1, The Villas, Stoke upon Trent, where he died in June 1913.

Price: 1250 USD

Location: Corpus Christi, Texas

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