A Minton & Co Nature series Aesthetic plate, circa 1875, retailed by Mortlock, decorated with a stork, impressed and black printed marks to base, diameter 26cm, together with a mixed group of similarly decorated tablewares, including two Minton Floral soup plates, decorated with vegetables, a graduated set of Doulton Burslem rectangular platters, a Moore & Co tazza, decorated with birds, and other 20th century decorative ceramics (faults and repairs).