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See Geoffrey A. Godden, Victorian Porcelain, London, 1961, p. 178 pl. 82 for a similarly decorated plate by L. Birks with a variant rim and p. 179, pl. 83 for decoration by H. Hollins.
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DATE CYPHERS FOR 1876, IMPRESSED MARKS, RETAILED BY A.B. DANIELL AND SON, LONDON, MONOGRAMS FOR LAWRENCE BIRKS AND HENRY HOLLINS
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TWO MINTONS PÂTE-SUR-PÂTE CABINET PLATES
Date cyphers for 1876, impressed marks, retailed by A.B. Daniell and Son, London, monograms for Lawrence Birks and Henry Hollins
Each with a central brown starburst medallion decorated in white slip with a putto riding a beetle and a putto on a leaf, respectively, edged with green curled tendrils issuing dark-salmon stamen alternating with gilt snowflakes, within gilt dentil rims
9.3/8in. (23.8cm.) diam. (2)
Date cyphers for 1876, impressed marks, retailed by A.B. Daniell and Son, London, monograms for Lawrence Birks and Henry Hollins
Each with a central brown starburst medallion decorated in white slip with a putto riding a beetle and a putto on a leaf, respectively, edged with green curled tendrils issuing dark-salmon stamen alternating with gilt snowflakes, within gilt dentil rims
9.3/8in. (23.8cm.) diam. (2)