probably London, late 17th century, pot with short cylindrical neck and domed foot ring, two coiled loop handles, painted in blue with stylized garden settings, floral sprays, and songbird, 4 x 7-1/7 in.; fitted with a later wooden domed lid, overall height 6-5/8 in.Exhibited: Garry Atkins, An Exhibition of Five Hundred Years of English Pottery, 1300-1800, March 17, 1992 - March 28, 1992, no. 24, and illustrated in the exhibition catalog. - Provenance: Sotheby's, London, The Louis L. Lipski Collection of English and Irish Delftware of the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries: Part 1, March 10, 1981, Lot 61; Garry Atkins, London (label attached); Property from the Collection of Dudley and Constance Godfrey hairline cracks, glaze crazing, glaze flakes and losses, scratches and wear; lid with some wear, traces of red paint