A rare Minton Majolica beetle box and cover, dated 1872A rare Minton Majolica beetle box and cover, dated 1872Curiously modelled as an oversized scarab, its carapace forming a separate cover, glazed in green with scattered spots of purple, the base with a rich aubergine glaze, 11.4cm long, impressed MINTON with model no.1610 and date cipher (2)A similar beetle box in Majolica glazes is illustrated by Paul Atterbury and Maureen Batkin, Dictionary of Minton (1990), p.44. Another was sold by Sotheby's on 22 May 1984, lot 308.