Minton Majolica Mallard Game Pie Dish and Cover

Object Description

Minton Majolica game pie dish with liner which features a hare, mallard and blackbird on a bed of fern and oak leaves. Colouration: brown, green, turquoise, are predominant. The piece bears maker’s marks for the Minton pottery. Bears a pattern number, ‘668’. Marks include a factory specific date cipher for the year 1867.

Object Condition

Dish: Very good. No restoration. Light wear to the rim; kiln detritus caught in the glaze to the interior. Cover: Good. RESTORATION. Filled chip to rim. Filled chip to tip of blackbird wing. Retouched flake to ground. Liner: Good. Some wear from use.

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