A MINTON MAJOLICA DARK-BLUE-GROUND EWER AND STAND in the Renaissance style, the tapering oviform body with a griffin caryatid double-scroll handle and moulded in relief with two bacchanalian putti seated on a ledge flanked by griffins, birds and leaf arabesques, the fluted neck moulded with an animal mask suspending flower-swags, the lower body moulded with stylised leaves and flowers and on a knopped and fluted flared foot, the stand similarly moulded with putti flanking Coats-of-Arms and with foliage (handle and rim restored), impressed marks and model number 472, date code for 1871