The canisters are decorated with leaf-shaped reserves of blossom on a cracked ice ground, surrounded by lotus sprays in reverse technique.
The white ground covers have a lotus bloom on each facet, 21.5cm.
They are recorded in the 1690 Devonshire Schedule, an inventory recording an enormous bequest from Elizabeth, Countess of Devonshire (1619-1689), to her daughter Anne, Countess of Exeter (1649-1703).
Under the heading ‘Large plain China’ are listed: ‘A pair of blue and white flatt square Bottles with hollow fflatt cover to them.’
