A MINTON 'CLOISONNE' SCARAB-BEETLE BOX AND COVER perhaps designed by Christopher Dresser, its head and legs in burnished gilding and its detachable back enamelled with stylised designs in bright colours, on a turquoise ground, the insect crouching on a rectangular base with a claret upper surface and turquoise and gilt-line sides (restored, slight wear to gilding), impressed marks, model number 1610, date code for 1870