A pair of Liverpool blue and white shaped dishes James Pennington or Richard Chaffers c.1765

A pair of Liverpool blue and white shaped dishes James Pennington or Richard Chaffers c.1765, painted with tall willow trees and large peony issuing from holey rockwork, the shaped rims with four flower sprays, 26.8cm. (2)

Cf. Maurice Hillis, Liverpool Porcelain, pl.4.98 for the same shape in Pennington's porcelain, pl.5.71 for a Chaffers' mug in the same pattern.

Provenance: from a private American collection.