A rare Lowestoft blue and white birth tablet dated 1790, the circular form inscribed to one side for `Maryann Lifin born November 4 1790`, the reverse painted with a dove holding a leafy twig in its beak, perched on a low branch, pierced with a small suspension hole, 7.7cm across. Provenance: a private collection in East Anglia. Formerly the Colman Collection. Sold Sotheby`s, 20th April 1948, lot 72. The Liffin family were connected to the Lowestoft factory through Mary Redgrave (junior), an artist at the factory who married John Liffin in 1785 and died in May 1795 at the age of 33. Mary`s death is commemorated on the reverse of another birth tablet for Martha Liffin, born August 17 1794. Baptism records at St Margaret`s Church show a Mary Ann Liffin baptised on 7th November 1790 as the daughter of John Liffin and Mary Redgrave. Her sister, Martha, is baptised on 18th August 1794. Mary Liffin never married and when Martha was widowed in 1841 she went to live with Mary where she remained until the latter`s death in October 1861 at the age of 70. Mary is buried at the north side of St Margaret`s churchyard.