A large and rare Minton Majolica fish tureen and cover c.1876

A large and rare Minton Majolica fish tureen and cover c.1876, modelled as a large ochre-glazed carp resting on a bed of reeds and surmounted with a cut lemon finial, the interior glazed turquoise, impressed mark, some good restoration, 56cm. (2)

Cf. Michael Strawser, Majolica Auctions, 27 & 28 October 2000, lot 1000, for an example of this extremely rare model, wherein Strawser speculates that this form was produced for the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition of 1876.