Green Minton Jardinere $600.00

This late 19th Early 20th Century Minton Planter measures 19 " high x approx 20" wide x 13 1/2" deep.

It is marked Minton & Numbered in the glaze.

About Minton Pottery

Thomas Minton (1765-1836) founded his factory in 1793/6 in Stoke-upon-Trent. Minton was Spode’s nearest rival. He was famous for Minton ware – a cream-coloured and blue-printed earthenware majolica, bone china, and Parian porcelain; his factory was outstanding in the Victorian period for its “art” porcelains. He also popularized the famous so-called Willow pattern.

Herbert Minton (1793–1858) succeeded his father as head of the firm, and to him was due its development and reputation. He enlisted the services of artists and skilled artisans.


The Minton factory was the most popular supply source in the 19th century of dinnerware made to order for embassies and for heads of state and the factory is still producing to the present day as part of the Royal Doulton Group.

Herbert Minton, one of the outstanding entrepreneurs of the 19th century, introduced new techniques and methods of production and established Mintons reputation for both industrial enterprise and artistic excellence
Minton in 1849 and remained there until 1892. Among his achievements were the development of Renaissance-inspired ceramics such as inlaid earthenwares, pieces painted in the style of Limoges porcelain, and the richly colourful majolica, first shown at the Great Exhibition of 1851 and used for all kinds of objects from large garden ornaments and elaborate display pieces to dishes and jugs for the table. Arnoux attracted other French artists to Minton, notably the sculptor Carrier de Belleuse, the modeller and decorator Marc-Louis Solon, and the painter Antoine Boullemier.

In 1870, Minton’s Art Pottery Studio was established in Kensington, London. Minton’s output of distinguished ornamental wares continued unabated to the end of the 19th century and beyond. From 1902, a range of slip-trailed majolica wares represented Minton’s contribution to Art Nouveau. Minton’s ability to pursue these often expensive technical and artistic challenges is a tribute to the success of the tablewares which have been the firm’s financial backbone throughout its history.