A Minton's Green Cockatrice tea set for one.
Consisting of a teapot, hot water pot, milk jug, sugar basin, cup and saucer and plate.
All decorated in the green cockatrice pattern.
Impressed and printed factory marks.
English 1873-1910.
In 1788 Thomas Minton came to Stoke-Upon-Trent, he bought land, built a house and a factory and was an immediate success.
A cockatrice is a mythical beast, essentially a two-legged dragon, wyvern, or serpent-like creature with a rooster's head. Described by Laurence Breiner as "an ornament in the drama and poetry of the Elizabethans", it was featured prominently in English thought and myth for centuries.