A pair of Bristol delftware plates mid 18th century, painted in blue with a figure in a boat before a low hut on an island, a further sailing boat in the background, and a large octagonal plate painted with a solitary figure fishing beside a low fence, before an island village scene, two dash marks on the reverse, some rim damages, 26.5cm max. (3) Provenance: respectively acquired from Sotheby's, 14th February 1967, lot 5 (part); and Christie's, 5th April 1965, lot 79 (part), formerly in the collection of Sir Gilbert Mellor.