A pair of delftware plates c.1750, probably Lambeth, the wells painted with a scallop-edged panel of bamboo and flowering branches in blue, reserved on a dark powdered manganese ground, the rim with four shaped panels containing a leaf spray, 22.6cm. (2) Provenance: acquired from Archibald Frith Allbrook, via Sotheby's, 18th April 1972, lot 32.