(2) English Majolica Bread Tray & Minton Hot-Chestnut Server

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(lot of 2) English majolica table articles, 19th c., including: (1) Minton hot-chestnut server, intact with restoration and hairline issuing from rim, approx 5.75"h, 11"w, 9.75"d, (1) bread tray, c.1876, attributed to Wardle & Company, molded bamboo rim overlaid with ferns, impressed registry mark, approx 13.25"l, 10.75"w; 6lbs total Provenance: From the estate of Connie Todd (Constance Clare Todd, Austin, Texas, 1941-2024). For many years, Connie Todd was the personal assistant to prominent Austin-based book publisher, photographer, and author Bill Wittliff (William Dale Wittliff, American, active in Austin, Texas, 1940-2019). Bill Wittliff wrote celebrated screenplays such as "Lonesome Dove" (1982), "Legends of the Fall" (1994), and "Barbarosa" (2000), and founded the regionally-oriented publishing company, Encino Press, with his wife Sally in 1963. Connie Todd later served as the founding director of the Wittliff Collections at Texas State University from 1997-2010, transforming it into an internationally-acclaimed collection through noteworthy acquisitions such as the Cormac McCarthy archive. After retiring from Texas State, Connie Todd spent time traveling the world with friends and family.