A rare Minton custard cup and stand

A rare Minton tulip shaped custard cup and stand, the cup with butterfly form handle, the tulip petals finely painted in iron red, yellow and green, on a gilt ground, the cup 2" high, circa 1830, no mark

See G A Godden, Minton Pottery and Porcelain of the First Period, plate 78, for a feather painted cup of this form, and also the original design, (model number 54) from the Minton Ornamental Shape Book 

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