A Minton's pottery moonflask probably designed by Dr Christopher Dresser, flattened disc form on four square feet, printed and painted with a blue tit perched on grasses, the reverse with stylised flowers and foliage in colours, annotated in purple 411 WRB and 821 WRB, impressed Minton's marks, indistinct date code possibly for 1867, one foot re-stuck, 15cm. high Literature Widar Halen Christopher Dresser, Phaidon/Christies, page 122 plate 128 this shape illustrated from the Minton archive, dated 1867, decorated with a stylised bird design. page 135 plate 152 for a blue tit design used for a Minton tile which relates to the bird on this vase.