The design for this tureen and the following lot is found in a book of working drawings for Rundell, Bridge & Rundell now in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, which has been traditionally ascribed to Edward Hodges Baily. It appears that the task of interpreting the sculptor John Flaxman's designs for the working silversmiths fell to Baily, who arrived in London from Bristol in 1807 and worked for Flaxman for seven years before joining Rundell's in 1815, initially working for their designer William Theed and succeeding Flaxman as chief modeller in 1826 (see Charles Oman, "A Problem of Artistic Responsibility," Apollo, March, 1966).