Minton Majolica Cow's head butter dish & cover

Victorian, circa 1867. 3.7ins high, 7ins wide, 5.6ins depth. Minton Majolica butter dish which features blackberry fruits and leaves, cow's heads form the handles. Colouration: brown, green, grey, are predominant.















The piece bears maker's marks for the Minton pottery. Bears a pattern number, '496'. English diamond registration mark for the date ??/05/1856. Marks include a factory specific date cipher for the year 1867.







Book reference not found.

Condition

Dish: Good. No restoration. Tight hairline to inner rim.



Very slight wear to interior.



Staining from use to underside.



KILN EFFECTS: uneven glaze application to interior;



touch mark to one cow's nose;



kiln grit caught in the glaze to both cow heads.





Cover: Good. No restoration. Tight hairline to two branches on handle.





KILN EFFECTS: kiln grit caught in the glaze to exterior.



Stand: absent
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