DATE CYPHER FOR 1876, IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARK, INDISTINCT DIAMOND REGISTRY, PAINTED 5, MODEL NO. 622, POSSIBLY DESIGNED BY CHRISTOPHER DRESSER

Cf. Nicholas Dawes, Majolica, New York, 1990. p. 65, fig. 111 for a turquoise example from the Joan Esch Collection noted as Aesthetic style commissioned by a designer outside the Mintons factory; and Marilyn G. Karmason and Joan Stacke, Majolica a Complete History and Illustrated Survey, New York, 1989, book jacket, frontispiece and p. 52 supporting the attribution of design to Dr. Dresser; and Anon. sale, Skinner's, Boston, 7 December 1990, lot 649