These simple, round salad plates represent one variant of Minton's "Aquarium" pattern, des...
These simple, round salad plates represent one variant of Minton's "Aquarium" pattern, designed by William Coleman, one of Minton's premier artists of the aesthetic period.
In this arrangement, Coleman looks at the underwater world through Japanese-influenced eyes. Fish big and small cluster at the base of a plant whose fronds whiplash diagonally across the plate. The remainder of the surface is left void except for a few horizontal ripples, economically suggesting the watery depths.