A Minton majolica large plant trough, circa 1870

of rectangular form, moulded on the front and back with a panel of two cherubs holding aloft a female portrait roundel, reserved on a lilac ground above moulded turquoise-glazed gadroons, the trough supported at each end by a pair of scroll brackets with winged female head terminals and hoof feet, suspending leaf and daisy swags, further supported at each end by lion's masks, with three holes for drainage to the interior

Height 36 cm., 14 1/8 in.

Length 61 cm., 24 in.