The first with a central depiction of Venus or Fortuna riding a shell flanked by attendants, one attendant riding a dolphin the other a hippocamp, a cityscape in the background, the rim with six further attendants riding dolphins or hippocampi; the second centering a trumpeter astride a fabulous beast with two figures nearby and buildings in the distance, the paneled border enclosing five classical female figures astride various beasts including a dolphin, a hippocamp, a swan and a shell, the reverse with a sketchily rendered Asian figure
15¹⁄₈ in. (38.4 cm.) diameter, the first
15¹⁄₂ in. (39.3 cm.) diameter, the second

Acquired from European Ceramics Consultancy (Lucy du Blaay), Netherlands, May 2009 (the first).
With Guest & Gray, London, April 2010 (the second).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 1-2 December 2015, lot 22 (the second).

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A charger similarly decorated to the first is in the collection at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, accession no. C.195-1923.