A pair of ornithological shell-shaped dessert dishes c.1820-40, probably Coalport, painted in the Welsh manner with a bird of prey perched on sprays of rose and other flowers with moths and butterflies beside, the rims with C scroll moulding, each titled in red variously `The Merlin` and `La Chevechette`, 23.5cm. (2) Provenance: the Lady Rothes Collection. The birds appear to derive from the prints by François Levaillant, after Jacques Barraband. The latter was known to have supplied artworks to the Sèvres factory.