Lot Essay
For the original sketch drawings of this pattern by William de Morgan, see M. Greenwood, The Designs of William de Morgan, Ilminster, 1989, p. 161, pl. 1543. For an illustration of the design from William de Morgan's Chelsea pattern book, see W. Gaunt and M.D.E. Clayton-Stamn, William de Morgan, London, 1971, p. 51.