Lot Essay
See Paul Atterbury and Maureen Batkin, The Dictionary of Minton, Suffolk, England, 1990, p. 183-4 for a pen and ink drawing from the Minton Ornamental Shape Book that identifies this model as shape 267 and dates the design as circa 1835. Also see anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 25 September 1998, lot 25.