Minton Majolica mallard game pie dish & cover

Victorian, circa 1860. 7.5ins high, 13.4ins wide, 8.1ins depth.

Minton Majolica game pie dish which features a hare, mallard and blackbird on a bed of fern and oak leaves.

Colouration: green, brown, turquoise, are predominant.

Bears a pattern number, '10'. Marks include a factory specific date cipher for the year 1860.

Condition

Cover: Good. Small flake to blackbird's right wing.

KILN EFFECTS: uneven glaze application to underside and rim.

RESTORATION. Filled chip to mallard's right wing tip.

Dish: Very good. No restoration. Slight wear to handles.

Wear to inner rim.

KILN EFFECTS: flecks of stray coloured glaze to the interior.