Minton porcelain design ideas, all of these from Art & Design folio SD 1705/MS1705 which has a Japanese spin to it. Class letter CCC, Folio number 27.Described by Minton as “Japanese themes; many coloured.” From the Minton Archives, Stoke-on-Trent, England.

CCC 194, number 27. Folio SD 1705/MS1705. Minton Pottery. Image © Minton Archives, Stoke-on-Trent, England. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.themintonarchive.org.uk/folio-friday-february-6/#more-14077

Fans, Number 27. Folio SD 1705/MS1705. Minton Pottery. Image © Minton Archives, Stoke-on-Trent, England. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.themintonarchive.org.uk/collections/getrecord/GB1857_G272_1_5_12_1_1_52

Branch and flowers, Number 27. Folio SD 1705/MS1705. Minton Pottery. Image © Minton Archives, Stoke-on-Trent, England. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.themintonarchive.org.uk/collections/getrecord/GB1857_G272_1_5_12_1_1_52

Dragon. CCC 219, Number 26. Folio SD 1705/MS1705. Minton Pottery. Image © Minton Archives, Stoke-on-Trent, England. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.themintonarchive.org.uk/collections/getrecord/GB1857_G272_1_5_12_1_1_52

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is Screenshot-4103.png — Brightly colored bird. Folio SD 1705/MS1705. Minton Pottery. Image © Minton Archives, Stoke-on-Trent, England. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.themintonarchive.org.uk/collections/getrecord/GB1857_G272_1_5_12_1_1_52

Designs by John Moyr Smith for Minton. John Moyr Smith did design work for Minton in the 1870s and 1880s and perhaps later. These designs seem ecclesiastical in nature as they feature scenes from the life of Christ. SD 1705/MS1812, no folio number. Collections of the Minton Archive.

*The wise men from the East*. ca. 19th c. Tile design by John Mohr Smith for Minton. Image © The Minton Archive, Stoke-on-Trent, England. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.themintonarchive.org.uk/folio-friday-december-6/#more-13542

*Going up to Jerusalem.* ca. 19th c. Tile design by John Mohr Smith for Minton. Image © The Minton Archive, Stoke-on-Trent, England. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.themintonarchive.org.uk/folio-friday-december-6/#more-13542

*Christ disputing with the doctors.* ca. 19th c. Tile design by John Mohr Smith for Minton. Image © The Minton Archive, Stoke-on-Trent, England. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.themintonarchive.org.uk/folio-friday-december-6/#more-13542

*Turning the water into wine.* ca. 19th c. Tile design by John Mohr Smith for Minton. Image © The Minton Archive, Stoke-on-Trent, England. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.themintonarchive.org.uk/folio-friday-december-6/#more-13542

*Christ stilling the tempest.* ca. 19th c. Tile design by John Mohr Smith for Minton. Image © The Minton Archive, Stoke-on-Trent, England. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.themintonarchive.org.uk/folio-friday-december-6/#more-13542

*Christ blessing little children.* ca. 19th c. Tile design by John Mohr Smith for Minton. Image © The Minton Archive, Stoke-on-Trent, England. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.themintonarchive.org.uk/folio-friday-december-6/#more-13542

*Christ walking on the sea*. ca. 19th c. Tile design by John Mohr Smith for Minton. Image © The Minton Archive, Stoke-on-Trent, England. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.themintonarchive.org.uk/folio-friday-december-6/#more-13542

*Jesus Blessing* Jairus’s *Daughter*. ca. 19th c. Tile design by John Mohr Smith for Minton. Image © The Minton Archive, Stoke-on-Trent, England. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.themintonarchive.org.uk/folio-friday-december-6/#more-13542

*The temptation of Our Lord.* ca. 19th c. Tile design by John Mohr Smith for Minton. Image © The Minton Archive, Stoke-on-Trent, England. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.themintonarchive.org.uk/folio-friday-december-6/#more-13542

*The Crucifixion.* ca. 19th c. Tile design by John Mohr Smith for Minton. Image © The Minton Archive, Stoke-on-Trent, England. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.themintonarchive.org.uk/folio-friday-december-6/#more-13542

*Christ mocked by the soldiers*. ca. 19th c. Tile design by John Mohr Smith for Minton. Image © The Minton Archive, Stoke-on-Trent, England. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.themintonarchive.org.uk/folio-friday-december-6/#more-13542

*Christ appearing to Mary Magdalene*. ca. 19th c. Tile design by John Mohr Smith for Minton. Image © The Minton Archive, Stoke-on-Trent, England. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.themintonarchive.org.uk/folio-friday-december-6/#more-13542

Designs for Minton porcelain, taken from SD 1705/MS1842 | Designs for tiles and slabs by Moyr Smith and others. Collections of the Minton Archives, Stoke-on-Trent, England.

Numbers 1977, 1979, 1981, and 1991. Page 4 from *SD 1705/MS1842 | Designs for tiles and slabs by Moyr Smith and others*. Image © Minton Archive, Stoke-on-Trent, England. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.themintonarchive.org.uk/anniversary-update-531-tile-designs/

Number 1975. Page 5 from *SD 1705/MS1842 | Designs for tiles and slabs by Moyr Smith and others*. Image © Minton Archive, Stoke-on-Trent, England. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.themintonarchive.org.uk/anniversary-update-531-tile-designs/

Numbers 1993, 1997, 1998 with a notation for number 1994 that reads “Queen Anne Hearth” as 1939 only on Drab Body’, Page 6 from *SD 1705/MS1842 | Designs for tiles and slabs by Moyr Smith and others*. Image © Minton Archive, Stoke-on-Trent, England. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.themintonarchive.org.uk/anniversary-update-531-tile-designs/

Ceramic garden seats, mostly made by Minton Pottery of Stokes-on-Trent, England. So much more fun than the Amazon kind.

Majolica garden seat in the Chinese style with a circular seat on three feet in the shape of elephant trunks emerging from the mouths of lion or dragon masks. Decorated in turquoise, brown, yellow, gray, and cobalt blue. Early 20th c. Ceramic. In the style of Minton or Brown Westhead Moore and Company. Image © proantic.com and Le Brun Antiques and Works of Art, London. Fair use license. via https://www.proantic.com/display.php?mode=obj&id=666026

Matching pair of garden seats in gilded and glazed cobalt blue, decorated with flowers and foliage. Late 19th c. English. Ceramic. Maker’s marks: Impressed marks for “MINTON” on the bases. Image © 1stDibs.com, Inc. 2021. Fair use license. via https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/seating/stools/pair-of-garden-seat-minton-majolica-pedestals-interior-gardens-stools/id-f_15965261/

Majolica garden seat or stool in a faceted drum shape and brown ground decorated with large flowers bursting with golden buds that reveal white petals with pink tops along with green stems that intertwine in the same way as decorative scrolls. The upper part in a dark blue with raised tablets of the same color forming a pyramidical pattern. Perforated marine and two yellow trompe l’oeil handles, one on each side. Undated. English. Ceramic. Minton Pottery, maker. Maker’s marks: impressed mark for “MINTON” on the underside. Image © 2021 AnticStore and Galerie Vauclair. Fair use license. via https://www.anticstore.art/73946P

Designs featuring animals, sketches done for Minton Pottery. A selection from the archives of Minton Pottery, Stoke-on-Trent, England.

Bird with golden plumage. Undated. Image © Minton Archives. Fair use license. via https://www.themintonarchive.org.uk/some-further-folio-frivolity/

Butterfly. Undated. Image © Minton Archives. Fair use license. via https://www.themintonarchive.org.uk/some-further-folio-frivolity/

Bird with a blue background. Undated. Image © Minton Archives. Fair use license. via https://www.themintonarchive.org.uk/some-further-folio-frivolity/

Insect with a red and black body. Undated. Image © Minton Archives. Fair use license. via https://www.themintonarchive.org.uk/some-further-folio-frivolity/

Roundels, mostly in black and white. A few that are merely circular. Designs for pottery from the Minton Archives, Stoke-on-Trent, England.

Bird. Undated design sketch created for Minton Pottery which was in business from 1793 to 1968. Thinking this is from around 1900. Image © Minton Archives. Fair use license. via https://www.themintonarchive.org.uk/another-helping-of-folio-frivolity/#more-12685

Detail of a larger design, possibly for a jug or pitcher. Undated design sketch created for Minton Pottery which was in business from 1793 to 1968. Thinking this is from around 1900. Image © Minton Archives. Fair use license. via https://www.themintonarchive.org.uk/another-helping-of-folio-frivolity/#more-12685

Butterfly. Undated design sketch in black and white created for Minton Pottery which was in business from 1793 to 1968. Thinking this is from around 1900. Image © Minton Archives. Fair use license. via https://www.themintonarchive.org.uk/another-helping-of-folio-frivolity/#more-12685

Fish. Undated design sketch in black and white created for Minton Pottery which was in business from 1793 to 1968. Thinking this is from around 1900. Image © Minton Archives. Fair use license. via https://www.themintonarchive.org.uk/another-helping-of-folio-frivolity/#more-12685

Floral designs from Minton Pottery, taken from a looseleaf notebook labeled “Recueil d’Ornemens et d’Armoiries ” Archival ID#SD 1705-MS1769.

Design with flowers and butterflies from the folio “Recueil d’Ornemens et d’Armoiries.” Undated. Minton Pottery. Image © Mionton Archive. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.themintonarchive.org.uk/folio-friday-june-6/

Design with purple and yellow flowers and butterflies from the folio “Recueil d’Ornemens et d’Armoiries.” Undated. Minton Pottery. Image © Mionton Archive. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.themintonarchive.org.uk/folio-friday-june-6/

Design with white and red flowers and butterflies from the folio “Recueil d’Ornemens et d’Armoiries.” Undated. Minton Pottery. Image © Mionton Archive. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.themintonarchive.org.uk/folio-friday-june-6/