Moon flask with gilt floral decoration on pink ground 1870 - 1880

This moon flask with gilt floral decoration was created by Minton(s). Note the pomegranates amidst the gilt flora. These fruits, emblems of fertility and abundance, have resonated through time. Consider Botticelli's Madonnas, where the pomegranate symbolizes Christ's passion and resurrection. The fruit’s many seeds hint at spiritual abundance, echoing the same theme in this delicate flask. Yet here, divorced from religious iconography, they become more ambiguous, suggesting prosperity and perhaps a hint of worldly pleasure. Like a dream that resurfaces with each generation, these symbols continue to evolve, shape-shifting in our collective memory. Observe how such motifs are not static relics but living entities, ever-changing, echoing across time and culture, resonating with our deepest desires and fears.