Two delftware sweetmeat trays or hors d'oeuvres dishes c.1740-60

Two delftware sweetmeat trays or hors d'oeuvres dishes c.1740-60, one probably London and with four shaped wells around a central square compartment, painted in blue with Chinese figures in boats and with flowering plants, the whole raised on four low feet, the other tray probably Liverpool and formed of three compartments, each painted with a tree before a fence, edged in a trellis design, raised on three peg feet, minor faults, 20.3cm max. (2)

Provenance: respectively acquired from Sotheby's, 22nd June 1976, lot 60; and Goold, Cambridge, 4th April 1969.