CIRCA 1890 GILT CROWNED GLOBE, IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARK, INDISTINCT YEAR CYPHER AND SHAPE NO. 1765, SIGNED MONOGRAM AM

The AM monogram is likely that of Arthur Morgan, who was apprenticed to Solon at Minton from c1877. According to Bernard Bumpus, Morgan's designs often featured children (see Pâte-sur-Pâte, London, 1992, p. 223).

Cf, Pâte-sur-Pâte, London, 1992, pl. XIX for a tray of this form by Henry Hollins.