A Delft jug c.1700-20

A Delft jug c.1700-20, decorated in red and blue with a peacock and other long-tailed birds amidst flowering plants, the loop handle with blue dash detailing, and a Delft plate painted in polychrome enamels with a vase of flowers within concentric circle bands in blue, yellow and red, the jug broken and restuck, 22cm max. (2)

Provenance: the dish acquired from Christie's, 5th April 1965, lot 85, formerly in the collection of Sir Gilbert Mellor.