Lot 324 , A Minton majolica game pie dish and cover, date code for 1861, 37cm

A Minton majolica game pie dish and cover, date code for 1861, the cover modelled with dead game above a basket shaped base modelled with oak branches, impressed marks, 37cm
Estimate £300-400

The Minton game pie dish is lacking its liner, the cover has some old shallow chip losses to the wing of the blackbird and to a Mallard duck, there is also a re-stuck splinter chip measuring 25mm x 15mm to the edge of the cover next to the hind leg of the rabbit, the base has a few small shallow chips to the inner rim otherwise typical minor scratching to the glaze.


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Sold for £420