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Description

by Antonin Boullemier, probably for Minton, painted with a bust profile of Mercury in the manner of a cameo, reserved on a dark green ground within a gilt border with raised gold dots, signed in gold 'Boullemier', 2 x 2cm



Footnote:

Antonin Hilaire Boullemier (1839-1900) was the son of a Sèvres artist who studied painting and music in Paris. Following the Siege of Paris in which he was involved, he fled to England, joining Minton in 1872. He became one of Minton's highest-paid artists. During the 1890s he set up on his own, working for Minton and other Staffordshire makers including Coalport, in addition to producing watercolours and figure-paintings on tiles.



Condition report: Overall in very good condition with no obvious signs of repair. Some very slight loss of gilding around the apertures, and some very, very slight imperfections to the reverse.

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