Strawser Auction Group – Majolica Auction Flower Family Collection
Tuesday, August 20, 2024, Starting at 10am
106 E. Dutch Street, Wolcottville, Indiana
www.strawserauctions.com

WOLCOTTVILLE, IND. — The third and final auction dedicated to the majolica collection of Edward Flower (1929-2022) and his wife Marilyn (1930-2017) will be conducted on Tuesday, August 20, beginning at 10 am Eastern time, online and live at the Strawser Auction Group gallery.

As in both prior auctions, the third sale will feature many of the finest names in all of majolica production: Minton, George Jones, Holdcroft, Wedgwood, Hugo Lonitz, Palissy, Massier, T.C. Brown Westhead Moore & Co., Copelands and others — 223 lots in all. The collection comprises more than 600 pieces.

A strong candidate for top-lot of the auction is an iconic Minton majolica vulture and snake teapot and cover, circa 1874. It was designed by Henry Hope Crealock and modeled as a vulture fighting a python — a raptor with a pink neck and head battling a struggling green serpent on a rocky base; the teapot, with a $20/25,000 estimate, sits at 10 inches tall.

A rare George Jones majolica centerpiece, 14 inches tall, should hammer for $12/15,000. Modeled as a giraffe and a stag eating from a tree beneath a large bowl and emerging from a small burrow, the centerpiece is one of only two known and is arguably the most desired George Jones piece.

A circa 1875 George Jones majolica game tureen, features a hen and her chicks atop a bed of leaves and ferns as the cover, a base with rabbits in a meadow and branch handles with oak leaves and acorns ($12/15,000).

A large, circa 1875 Minton majolica carp tureen is 7 inches in height and 23 inches long. The cover is formed as a large carp, and the handle is formed as a lemon; it has a presale estimate of $8/12,000.

An 18¾-by-16-inch Charles Avisseau majolica Palissy Art of the Earth dish, circa 1865, has the oval basin covered in fauna, leaves, lizards, snails, a frog, a large fish, crayfish and a pike at its center, ($8/12,000).

A monumental circa 1865 Minton majolica Renaissance Revival ever on a stand designed by Hughes Protat and painted by Thomas Kirby — with a panel of hand-painted putti in clouds to the center, a seated cherub and dolphin on fluted shoulders, an arched handle formed as conjoined serpents supported by cherubs and an entwined serpent above a circular base — should hit $6/9,000. This is the only known painted example.

A Minton majolica Neoclassical vase and cover, circa 1865, the fluted Eighteenth Century Sevres-style body having three rams’ heads conjoined by draped laurel, with three satyrs around, the domed lid with a putti with pan pipes finial, all on a circular pierced platform base, is one of only three known examples ($6/9,000).

A rare Hugo Lonitz majolica figure modeled as a hawk, circa 1880, perched on rocky ground and standing 16 inches tall, is expected to fly away for $6/9,000.

A scarce Medieval Revival Minton majolica triple horn flower stand — modeled as three white hunting horns entwined about a central brown trumpet, the stem molded and applied with fir branches and cones on a yellow banded circular foot, the horns banded and conjoined by metal chains, standing at 28½ inches tall — should hit $4/6,000.

A monumental and rare Minton Conservatory jardiniere, circa 1865, is modeled as a three-seated Melusine draped with garlands facing outward against a column of four outfacing herons, their wings supporting a large circular deep bowl wide border of lilies, all upon three scroll feet. The jardiniere is expected to find a new owner for $3/5,000.

A hard-to-find, circa 1875 George Jones tortoise cuspidor, formed as a tortoise, the top of the shell forming the cover, is 5 inches tall and 10½ inches long ($3/4,000). This piece was in the “Majolica Mania” exhibition, presented 2020-22 at the Bard Graduate Center in New York.

A George Jones majolica Aesthetic Movement java sparrow jardiniere, circa 1875, should garner $800-$1,200. The body is molded with bold leaves and blossoms with large java sparrows all upon plump leaf feet.

A preview will be conducted in the Strawser Auction Group gallery at 200 North Main on Monday, August 19, from 4 to 6 pm Eastern time. For information, 260-854-2859, 260-336-2204 (cell) or www.strawserauctions.com.

THIS IS AN IN-PERSON LIVE AUCTION WITH INTERNET BIDDING.
MAJOLICA AUCTION FLOWER FAMILY COLLECTION – THE GRAND FINALE
This auction includes 225 lots of fine majolica from the Flower Family Collection including many rare pieces of Minton, George Jones, Wedgwood, Holdcroft, Avisseau Palissy, Hugo Lonitz and much more.
Preview: Monday, August 19 from 4 to 6 pm
Located at the Strawser Auctions Facility – 106 E. Dutch Street, WOLCOTTVILLE, INDIANA
Visit our website for a link to our online catalog, www.strawserauctions.com TERMS: Cash, Check, MC, VISA (4% cc fee), 10% Buyer’s Premium (in-house), 19% Buyer’s Premium online. Auction Conducted By: STRAWSER AUCTION GROUP, INC. • Michael G. Strawser, Auctioneer P.O. Box 332 | Wolcottville, IN 46795 | 260-854-2859 | michael@strawserauctions.com | www.strawserauctions.com