
Shape Number: 616
Modeled by Pierre-Emile Jeannest
Earthenware ewer and stand with underglaze painting and majolica glazes.The ewer a classical shape with a moulded mermaid below the spout, the handle modelled as a merman bending backwards and clutching his divided foliate tail, the body of the ewer, naturalistically painted with deities standing in niches, the stand with four panels painted with the labours of Hercules contained by moulded masks and foliage.

Shape drawing from The Minton Archive.
