https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Pottery-and-Porcelain-discussion/Mintons-Indian-Tree-pattern-4994/m-p/1138067#M157 Tue, 28 Sep 2010 08:21:19 GMT jes150 2010-09-28T08:21:19Z https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Pottery-and-Porcelain-discussion/Mintons-Indian-Tree-pattern-4994/m-p/1138019#M154 <P class="mce-p">In 1846, designer Henry Cole (the publisher of the first Christmas card), under the pseudonym of Felix Summerly, designed a tea service for Mintons which featured moulded Goats heads on handles, spouts and lids. Minton's continued to use the shape along with their standard patterns and this cup is an example of that. It probably dates&nbsp;around the 1860s.</P> Tue, 28 Sep 2010 08:15:53 GMT https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Pottery-and-Porcelain-discussion/Mintons-Indian-Tree-pattern-4994/m-p/1138019#M154 jes150 2010-09-28T08:15:53Z https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Pottery-and-Porcelain-discussion/Mintons-Indian-Tree-pattern-4994/m-p/1138033#M155 <P class="mce-p">Mintons version of the Indian Tree pattern - a very common design produced by many manufacturers...</P> Tue, 28 Sep 2010 08:21:19 GMT https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Pottery-and-Porcelain-discussion/Mintons-Indian-Tree-pattern-4994/m-p/1138033#M155 jes150 2010-09-28T08:21:19Z https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Pottery-and-Porcelain-discussion/Mintons-Indian-Tree-pattern-4994/m-p/1138049#M156 <P class="mce-p">...but the top of the handle is moulded with a goats head; the photos don't pick up the detail too well. A distinctive little detail, possibly specific to this factory.</P> Tue, 28 Sep 2010 08:21:20 GMT https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Pottery-and-Porcelain-discussion/Mintons-Indian-Tree-pattern-4994/m-p/1138049#M156 jes150 2010-09-28T08:21:20Z https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Pottery-and-Porcelain-discussion/Mintons-Indian-Tree-pattern-4994/m-p/1138067#M157 Tue, 28 Sep 2010 08:21:19 GMT https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Pottery-and-Porcelain-discussion/Mintons-Indian-Tree-pattern-4994/m-p/1138067#M157 jes150 2010-09-28T08:21:19Z