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Minton Porcelain and ceramic figurines

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The first products of the Minton factory were blue transfer-printed wares, but in 1798 bone china (porcelain containing bone ash) was introduced.

Until 1836, when Thomas Minton died and his son Herbert took over the business, the factory's staple products consisted of tablewares in painted or printed earthenware

In the 1820s the company started production of bone china; this early Minton is regarded as comparable to French Sèvres, by which it was greatly influenced.

Minton's was the only English china factory of the 19th century to employ a Sèvres process called pâte-sur-pâte (ie: painted decoration in white clay slip instead of enamel before glazing).

Minton also produced Parian figures. 

The Minton factory was the most popular supply source in the 19th century of dinnerware made to order for embassies and for heads of state. The factory is still producing ‘made to order’ to the present day as part of the Royal Doulton Group.

 
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