Two delftware plates c.1740-60, London or Bristol, of primitive shape, painted in blue, red and green, one with birds in flight above trees, the other with a stylized flower spray within a continuous blue and red border, 20.3cm max. (2) Provenance: respectively required from Christie's, 5th April 1965, lot 85 (part), formerly in the collection of Sir Gilbert Mellor; and Allbrook, 29th July 1970.