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Thomas Minton formally founded his business in
1793, from which time the company concerned itself with the
production of high quality earthenware and fine bone china. At the
Crystal Palace Exhibition of 1851, Minton won recognition as the
finest china manufacturer in Europe. The specialist techniques of
raised gold and hand painting have been preserved and extended, so
that today Minton retains its reputation as one of the finest china
manufacturers in the world.
Porcelain Marks
Founded by Thomas Minton around 1793 in
Stoke-on-Trent in England. They were noted for Minton ware a
cream-colored and blueprinted earthenware majolica, bone china and
Parian porcelain. Minton was also known in the Victorian period for
its "art" porcelains. They made popular the blue and white Willow
pattern. Herbert Minton, 1793–1858, succeeded his father as head of
the firm, and he is the one that deserves the credit for the
development and reputation of Minton. The first Minton products were
blue transfer wares. Until 1836, when Thomas Minton died and his son
Herbert took over the business, the factory's staple products
consisted of useful table wares in painted or printed earthenware or
bone china, following the typical shapes and decorative patterns of
the period; figures and ornamental porcelains were made increasingly
from the 1820s. In the 1820s Herbert started production of bone
china, this early Minton is regarded as comparable to French Sèvres.
Minton was the only English china factory of the 19th century to
employ a Sèvres process called pâte-sur-pâte ( painted decoration in
white clay slip instead of enamel before glazing). In the 19th
century the Minton factory was the most popular supply source of
made to order dinnerware for embassies and heads of state. Minton is
still in business as part of Royal Doulton.
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