A Minton Pottery wall charger by Ellen Welby

£250 - £300 £1,100

A Minton Pottery wall charger by Ellen Welby, dated 1887, painted to the well with an enigmatic maiden sailing on a clam shell, her red shawl forming a sail, the rim with a band of classical cherub holding shield and mask panels, in colours impressed factory marks, painted signature and date, hairline crack to rim, 43cm. diam.