A majolica strawberry-dish
formed with a leaf-shaped section before two circular bowls below a branch-moulded loop-handle, moulded with leaves, fruit and blossom, enriched in colours, impressed marks, date code for 1871 -- 9¾in. (24.7cm.) long
See colour plate VIII
Lot Essay
Cf. Majolica by Nicholas M. Dawes, fig. 72 for a similar example with cream-jug and sugar-bowl