This plate was made to celebrate the marriage of Cottam Birdsall, a cooper aged 21, to his bride Elizabeth Danson aged 20, both residents of Liverpool. On the 14th January 1765, the young groom and the bride’s mother signed a marriage bond, and the couple were married the following day at Our Lady and St Nicholas Parish Church in Liverpool. See Nicola Scott’s article in the Northan Ceramic Circle’s Journal No. 41, 2026
Provenance: see number 640 in “Dated English Delftware by Louis L. Lipski and Michael Archer”
Diameter: 9″
In good condition