A MINTONS CREAMWARE PART DESSERT-SERVICE, the octagonal forms printed in iron-red and gilt with central stylised hydrangeas surrounded by stylised foliage and with wreaths of flowers and meandering tendrils, within diaper wells and borders of flowers and leaves, comprising a pair of oblong hexagonal dishes on four bun feet (one chipped), two high tazzas (one repaired at stem), two low tazzas (one repaired) and twenty-four plates (two chipped, general crazing and scratching to glaze), impressed and printed marks and T. Goode & Co London retailer's marks, pattern numbers C1937, registration marks and date codes for 1878