A Bristol delftware charger c.1730, painted in blue, red and green with insects in flight above flowering Oriental plants, within a formal border, the rim with oval panels of flower sprays on a blue ground, the underside rim with an X and II design, square mark to the base, a 12cm rim crack, 33.2cm. Provenance: acquired from Sotheby's, 30th April 1982, lot 17. Cf. Frank Britton, English Delftware in the Bristol Collection, p.295, no.19.12 for a similar dish.