A Minton celadon ware centrepiece modelled as two mermaids supporting a shell, on a scallop base applied with seaweed on an oval foot, shape 1128, impressed mark, year cypher for 1869 (section of wreath broken and restuck) -- 39cm. wide

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A Minton celadon ware centrepiece modelled as two mermaids supporting a shell, on a scallop base applied with seaweed on an oval foot, shape 1128, impressed mark, year cypher for 1869 (section of wreath broken and restuck) -- 39cm. wide
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Literature
Nicholas Dawes, Majolica (New York 1990) fig 147 for a similar design in majolica.

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