Lot Essay
Cf. Nicholas Dawes, Majolica, New York, 1990, p. 126, fig. 221 for a vase modelled with a bird similar to the finial found on the present example; and Marilyn G. Karmason and Joan Stacke, Majolica A Complete History and Illustrated Survey, New York, 1989, p. 205 for a group illustration including a similar teapot courtesy of Richard Dennis, London