2https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/17024/fullCup and Saucer in the Sèvres Styleca.1850-1855[Minton, Thomas Kirby]Bone china with overglaze enamels, gildingMinton Sèvres-type cup and saucer with cupids, decorated with embossed gilt floral wreath framed panels featuring pink putti in various poses and pairs of opposing birds. The cup is of bute-form with a loop handle and is thinly potted. Both pieces have a gilt dentil rim design.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2169/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/17088/fullDish in the “Victoria Pierced” Sèvres Styleca.1845-1865[Thomas Kirby, Minton]Bone china with overglaze enamels, gildingMinton 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.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2401/rdf