A Mintons majolica jardinière modelled after an original by Thomas Longmore, as a ship supporting four scantily clad figures with beards holding swags of leaves moulded with shells below a shaped rim suspending plain oval medallions, on feet modelled as stylised dolphin's heads, painted in bright colours (damages) impressed and painted marks, shape number 1864, date code for 1875 -- 22in. wide