The arms are those of Sir Oswald Mosely of Ancoats, Lancashire, 2nd Baronet, born in 1785. He married in 1804 Sophia Anne, daughter of Sir Evelyn Every, Bt. He sold the Manor of Manchester to the Corporation in 1798. Four sauce tureens from the same set were sold Sotheby's, London, May 18, 1967, lot 100, a pair Sotheby's, New York, December 17, 1982, lot 531, and a single example in these Rooms, April 18, 1989, lot 443.