Most surviving pieces of recorded red anchor wares with cherub decoration appear to be parts of tea and coffee services, perhaps from the four services listed in the Chelsea sale catalogue of 1756 as being "enamel'd with cupids", see George Savage, 18th-Century English Porcelain, Appendix VIII, third day, lot 77; sixth day, lot 38; twelfth day, lot 34 and thirteenth day, lot 78. For two saucers with similar decoration to the present lot see John C. Austin, ibid., p. 101, no. 91 and W.B. Honey, Old English Porcelain: A Handbook for Collectors, pl. 25A