MINTONS GREEN COCKATRICE VERY RARE 8" FLUTED DISH PATTERN 4545 PRE C1895
"COCKATRICE an imaginary creature, part snake and part cock (male chicken), that was said to be able to kill someone by looking at them."
I say very rare as all my searches has only found a couple of these dishes and they were damaged.
The most popular Cockatrice pattern number is 4863 and is slightly different to this. The flowers are styalized and the branch is not colored in. The date mostly given for 4863 is 1895 onwards so pattern 4545 must pre date 1895.There is an incised date but it cannot be read.
The hand painting is quite well done but they missed the second bee and they got a little slap happy with the green!
There are no chips just a few areas on the top edge where the paint has been lost. The base is slightly discoloured. With all ancient pottery there will be some crazing. In this case it is very slight but has attracted deposits making the background a beige color. But the base is still very shiny. There is similar crazing to the underside.
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Please note I cannot ship to a PO BOX nor do I ship to a FREIGHT FORWARDING COMPANY ADDRESS.
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