A part set of four late 19th century Minton porcelain reticulated plates circa 1880 painted with various vases and vessels, flowers issuing from each, the rims with a pierced Greek key pattern enriched with raised gilt borders, each impressed MINTONS, and with puce printed globe mark and retailer's mark for Wilhelm & Graef, New York, each 24.2cm diameter (4) Footnotes: Provenance Property from an International Private Collection This series of plates were designed by Edward Reuter and Richard Pilsbury for Minton, with each example representing a different country of origin. See Joan Jones, Minton (1993), pp.65-66. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.