Minton Majolica blue tit nut dish (Wilbraham tray)

Victorian, circa 1870. 3.5ins high, 8.3ins wide, 4.3ins depth. Minton Majolica dish which features a blue tit perched on a branch.

Colouration: green, grey, blue, are predominant.

The piece bears maker's marks for the Minton pottery. Bears a pattern number, '1331'.

Book reference not found.

Condition

CONDITION: Generally good.

Small flake to rim.

KILN EFFECTS: kiln detritus caught in the glaze to the interior;

flecks of stray coloured glaze to the blue tit's chest.

RESTORATION: Remodelled tail.