Lot Essay
Cf. Simon Spero, op. cit., p. 139, no. 158 and Gerald Coke, op. cit., who attributes the decoration to the atelier of James Giles. Simon Spero, ibid., notes that two teapots of this pattern are extant suggesting that more than one service may have been made. See also H. Rissik Marshall, op. cit., pl. 9, no. 143 and the teabowl and saucer from the Rous Lench Collection sold in these Rooms on 29 May 1990, lot 276.