A fine Minton Pate-Sur-Pate reticulated plate by Albion Birks, circa 1900, the ivory-ground pate-sur-pate reticulated plate, finely painted and hand-tooled in white slip with putti upon a blue ground within medallion surrounded by a foliate border, the moulded parcel-gilt and reticulated rim with pink highlights, the underside with gilt printed crowned globe and impressed uppercase marks, inscribed (in image) with Ab monogram, painted in gold on the inside rim of the base Np. 1227. Diameter: 23 cm