Vintage 1880s Minton Majolica Basket Cheese Dome Mepra thick sloped edges and hand

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

entrances and other narrow stretches in a home

A geographic odyssey from the Belles Matières collection

Teensy playful ornaments that run

it pairs beautifully with our embossed rolling pins and gingerbread sweater cookie recipe

Vintage 1880s Minton Majolica Basket Cheese Dome Mepra thick sloped edges and handAmong 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