https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/17088/fullDish in the “Victoria Pierced” Sèvres Styleca.1845-1865MintonThomas KirbyOverall: 2.6 x 24 cm (1 in., 24 cm)Bone china with overglaze enamels, gildingGift of N. Robert CummingOrigin: Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, EnglandG98.1.231Minton plate, moulded "Pierced Victoria" shape with reticulated interlaced border, and decorated in the Sèvres taste. The centre possibly painted by Thomas Kirkby with two cherubs playing instruments in pastel polychrome enamels outlined in puce. The rim has three large cartouche painted with linked chaplets or wreaths alternating with roundels with roses, in polychrome enamel possible by Bancroft, and details in turquoise and gold.Minton19th and early 20th Century Ceramics[]European CeramicsEnglish Porcelain1850312401EnglishImpressed MINTON and year cipher with three spokes for 1861. Ermine and crescent mark in red enamel