A MINTON MAJOLICA TURQUOISE-GROUND JARDINIÈRE, the cylindrical body modelled with two animal's mask handles, each with twin serpents caught between its jaws, the sides moulded with four vertical bands of scale-pattern edged in yellow, the rim and flared foot moulded with bands of red and white flutes similarly edged in yellow, with a pink-glazed interior (two cracks to rim and with associated minute glaze chip, slight wear to interior rim), impressed marks, model number 946, date code for 1864