Literature: W. Elliot, 'Reproductions and Fakes of English Eighteenth-Century Ceramics', Transactions of the English Ceramic Circle II, no. 7 (1939), pp. 70-1. This jug (OA.10578) is heavy to the touch and, particularly where the tree's leaves, flowers and the goat's hair are concerned, crudely modelled. The bee, the handle and the oak leaves near it are too large and placed differently from the preceding examples: it is likely that this is a later copy. Designs produced by one factory were frequently copied by another. This was especially the case at the smaller porcelain factories, which employed few if any designers. Chelsea's 'goat-and-bee' jugs, the prototype for this piece, are the earliest dated English porcelains. They were probably designed and modelled by Nicholas Sprimont, the factory manager. Staffordshire potters also reproduced this design in salt-glazed stoneware. The Vauxhall porcelain factory was run by the partnership of Nicholas Crisp, a merchant and owner of a jewellery shop in the City of London, and John Saunders, a delftware potter. Crisp was also a founder and very active member of the Society of Arts. Until recently their products were attributed to the Liverpool factory of William Ball. The first (1887,0307,II.16) is particularly finely made and is incised Chelsea 1745; its authenticity is beyond question.