Minton Majolica butter dish, Lid, and Underplate, molded as wooden staves with blackberries and vines with cow's heads wearing green glazed garlands as handles, the reverse of the dish with impressed marks: 'MINTON,' and Minton date cypher for 1867, with molded British Registry lozenge for 29 May 1856 (when the design was registered), and impressed design number, '496,' which corresponds to the entry, 'Butler and Stand' in the Minton Majolica Pattern Books preserved in the Minton Archives, Minton Museum and reprinted in J. Jones.*

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Book References:

1--Susan Weber et al., MAJOLICA MANIA: Transatlantic Pottery in England and the United States 1850--1915. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2020, Volume One, p. 127, Figure 5.40.

*2--Joan Jones, "MINTON: The First Two Hundred Years of Design and Production." Shrewsbury, England: Swan Hill Press, 1993, Appendix E, p. 345. Minton Ornamental Shapes (i.e., design numbers) listed in Appendix E, pp. 343-377. Weber, Vol 1, p. 127, Fig. 5.40.

Condition: Wear consistent with age and use. Area of glazing pops and misses on the bottom of dish occurred naturally in the kiln during the making of the piece and is not restoration. All three pieces are free of restoration and are in excellent antique condition.