Vintage 1880s Minton Majolica Basket Cheese Dome Mepra A stylish and safer way

A stylish and safer way to shuck oysters

thick sloped edges and hand finished beading detail around the image area

Its substantial scale and weight immediately distinguish the piece

A geographic odyssey from the Belles Matières collection

A hand knit baby booties made from baby alpaca wool

Vintage 1880s Minton Majolica Basket Cheese Dome Mepra A stylish and safer wayAmong the most celebrated achievements of Victorian majolica, this Minton Stilton cheese dome and stand showcases the naturalistic modeling and richly colored glazes that made the English pottery famous during the nineteenth century. Produced in Shape No. 969, the dome is sculpted as a traditional woven straw bee skep, a form long associated with the English countryside and the beekeeping tradition. High relief blackberry briar vines wind across the