This photo was taken in a Taos, New Mexico, antique shop in 2018. Among the items in the case are a chamber set in Minton’s “Botanical” pattern, a rare leg bath form in Minton’s “English Scenery” series, and a puzzle jug in an unidentified pattern.
The Minton pottery was in operation from 1793 until 1873 in Stoke, Staffordshire. The “Botanicals” pattern was first produced c. 1825. The pattern features groups of flowers and leaves in the base and on the inner and outer sides of the bowl. The flower groups include roses, primroses, chrysanthemums and anemones interspersed with some smaller and some darker flowers, buds, and leaves on a stippled blue background. A narrow border with a small repeating floral motif is used on some pieces. It is Pattern # 15104 in the TCC Database. A variation of the pattern is # 13201. The Minton “English Scenery” series leg bath features a view of Windsor Castle. It also is dated to c. 1825 and is Pattern # 12561 in the database.
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