Two delftware posset pots c.1680-1700, London or Bristol, one of small cylindrical form, painted in blue to two sides with a Chinese figure seated in a landscape, the other of thistle shape and painted with stylized flower sprays, each applied with strap handled and a narrow curved spout, some damages, the covers lacking, 22cm max. (2) Provenance: respectively acquired from Sotheby's, 1st March 1983, lot 415, formerly in the collection of Louis L Lipski; and Sotheby's, 1st April 1971.