A Lowestoft blue and white documentary teabowl and saucer dated 1778, painted with bamboo and chrysanthemum issuing from rootwork and an ornamental fence, within a trellis border, each piece inscribed to the underside with "Mary Crowfoot 1778`, 12cm. (2) Provenance: a private collection in East Anglia. Other pieces of this service for Mary Crowfoot of Beccles are recorded. A teapot was sold on 31st October 1961, lot 81; and a cream jug on 23rd January 1962, lot 51, both at Sotheby`s.