Cf. Howard and Ayres, op. cit., p. 377, no. 370 where Howard suggests that the crest of a marten may indicate that it was made for the merchant banking family of England. The design copies exactly one of a series of engravings of the seasons by Bartolozzi after Cipriani published at various dates after August 1780. See also, The Hervouët Collection, sale, Part II, November 3, 1987, lot 875 for a similar dish