A pair of Liverpool delftware plates c.1760

A pair of Liverpool delftware plates c.1760, each painted with a European couple dancing in a garden setting, she with left arm outstretched and raising her skirt with her right hand, the rims with sprays of flowering plants, the undersides with a leaf motif, some chipping, 21.5cm. (2)

Provenance: acquired from Sotheby's, 6th December 1966, lot 27 (part).

Cf. Frank Britton, English Delftware in the Bristol Collection, p.298, no.19.23 for the same design with a different border.