A delftware 'Merry Man' plate dated 1716, London or Bristol, the fifth in a series of six, inscribed 'But if his Wife do Frown' within a continuous blue leaf border, and an Italian maiolica armorial plate, painted in blue, yellow and black with a cartouche of a lion rampant within the initials 'G B T', the Merry Man plate broken and restuck, 23.3cm. (2) Provenance: the armorial plate acquired from Christie's, 5th April 1965, lot 85 (part), formerly in the collection of Sir Gilbert Mellor.