MINTONS PATE-SUR-PATE PORCELAIN CABINET PLATE, LATE 19TH C., DIA 9 1/2":An oval chocolate colored central reserve decorated with white slip of a mischievous putti freeing a bird from its cage; key and floral gilt enclosure, with further beaded strapwork about the pierced rim. Monogrammed at the low right possibly 'AB' or 'LB', Impressed MINTONS, with illegible further factory markings, gilt globe stamp, retailed by 'T.B. Starr New York' enclosed in a ribbon below, numbered in red G6436.