Three Swansea soup plates c.1815-20, one from the Marino Ballroom service and decorated with colourful flower sprays in a naive style, another of lobed form and painted with flower sprays in pink, grey and green, the last with scattered pink roses, the rim applied with white beading, impressed marks to two, 25.3cm max. (3) Provenance: the Lady Rothes Collection. The largest formerly in the Sir Leslie Joseph Collection and exhibited in 1969 at the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery in Swansea. The Marino Ballroom Service contained over 200 pieces and was ordered from the Swansea factory by Mr J H Vivian of Marino, Swansea. The pattern is reminiscent of Indian flowers on contemporary chintz wallpapers and textiles.