A MINTON MAJOLICA SWEETMEAT-DISH modelled with a putto emblematic of Science, clad in a manganese robe holding a dark-blue globe and a pair of dividers, staning beside a pile of books on a mottled manganese and blue circular mound, surrounded by three shell-shaped dishes glazed in mottled pink and green and with bearded mask terminals, on a flared foot (restored), impressed number 906, date code for 1861