{"id":24106,"date":"2026-01-14T18:19:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T23:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Minton-1472-Pate-Sur-Pate-Persian-Flask.jpeg"},"modified":"2026-01-14T18:21:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T23:21:47","slug":"minton-1472-pate-sur-pate-persian-flask","status":"inherit","type":"attachment","link":"https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/index.php\/pate-sur-pate\/minton-pate-sur-pate-vases\/minton-1472-pate-sur-pate-persian-flask\/","title":{"rendered":"Minton 1472 Pate-Sur-Pate Shell Shaped Persian Bottle by Charles Toft"},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categories":[],"tags":[10],"class_list":["post-24106","attachment","type-attachment","status-inherit","hentry","tag-minton-vase"],"acf":[],"description":{"rendered":"

\"Minton<\/a><\/p>\n

Shape Number: 1472
\nSize: 23.7 \u00d7 23.1 \u00d7 7.4 cm
\nMade circa 1875.<\/p>\n

The flattened shell or fan shape is set on an integral fretwork stand in the Chinese manner, enameled in dark brown to resemble gilt-wood. The pale, mauve-grey ground of the body is decorated in the p\u00e2te-sur-p\u00e2te technique with a vase of lotus flowers on one side and chrysanthemums on the other. The neck is painted with a mauve, dark brown and gilt fretwork design resembling Chinese cloisonn\u00e9 enamel decoration.
\nSigned C. TOFT, who had been working at the Minton factory perfecting the intricate technique of Saint-Porchaire wares before working with Solon on p\u00e2te-sur-p\u00e2te production. He was a highly respected designer and modeller at Minton, who, according to a fellow modeller \u2018was entrusted with all the potting that required special skill or care\u2019. A craftsman of singular ability, Toft is known to have produced a range of vases, many of them decorated with an Islamic aesthetic. <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Another Persian bottle with Cloisonn\u00e9 style decoration which design can be contributed to Christopher Dresser<\/span><\/a> <\/p>\n"},"caption":{"rendered":"

1472 – Persian Bottle<\/p>\n"},"alt_text":"Minton 1472 Pate Sur Pate Persian Flask","media_type":"image","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","media_details":{"width":1630,"height":1630,"file":"2026\/01\/Minton-1472-Pate-Sur-Pate-Persian-Flask.jpeg","filesize":1033385,"sizes":{"medium":{"file":"Minton-1472-Pate-Sur-Pate-Persian-Flask-1000x1000.jpeg","width":1000,"height":1000,"filesize":106074,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Minton-1472-Pate-Sur-Pate-Persian-Flask-1000x1000.jpeg"},"large":{"file":"Minton-1472-Pate-Sur-Pate-Persian-Flask-1024x1024.jpeg","width":1024,"height":1024,"filesize":109826,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Minton-1472-Pate-Sur-Pate-Persian-Flask-1024x1024.jpeg"},"thumbnail":{"file":"Minton-1472-Pate-Sur-Pate-Persian-Flask-300x300.jpeg","width":300,"height":300,"filesize":15600,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Minton-1472-Pate-Sur-Pate-Persian-Flask-300x300.jpeg"},"medium_large":{"file":"Minton-1472-Pate-Sur-Pate-Persian-Flask-768x768.jpeg","width":768,"height":768,"filesize":68721,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Minton-1472-Pate-Sur-Pate-Persian-Flask-768x768.jpeg"},"1536x1536":{"file":"Minton-1472-Pate-Sur-Pate-Persian-Flask-1536x1536.jpeg","width":1536,"height":1536,"filesize":211790,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Minton-1472-Pate-Sur-Pate-Persian-Flask-1536x1536.jpeg"},"store-sq-thumb":{"file":"Minton-1472-Pate-Sur-Pate-Persian-Flask-600x600.jpeg","width":600,"height":600,"filesize":46412,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Minton-1472-Pate-Sur-Pate-Persian-Flask-600x600.jpeg"},"store-thumb":{"file":"Minton-1472-Pate-Sur-Pate-Persian-Flask-540x450.jpeg","width":540,"height":450,"filesize":36154,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Minton-1472-Pate-Sur-Pate-Persian-Flask-540x450.jpeg"},"pop-thumb":{"file":"Minton-1472-Pate-Sur-Pate-Persian-Flask-542x340.jpeg","width":542,"height":340,"filesize":28907,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Minton-1472-Pate-Sur-Pate-Persian-Flask-542x340.jpeg"},"full":{"file":"Minton-1472-Pate-Sur-Pate-Persian-Flask.jpeg","width":1630,"height":1630,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Minton-1472-Pate-Sur-Pate-Persian-Flask.jpeg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1","keywords":[]}},"post":8805,"source_url":"https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Minton-1472-Pate-Sur-Pate-Persian-Flask.jpeg","filename":"Minton-1472-Pate-Sur-Pate-Persian-Flask.jpeg","filesize":1033385,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/attachment"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24106"}],"wp:attached-to":[{"embeddable":true,"post_type":"page","id":8805,"href":"https:\/\/antiqueref.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}