Purchased in 1890 from Fratelli Mora, 35 Solferino, Milan for £3 - 18 - 0 Comparable pairs of bellows in the V&A collection are 1400-1904 (with figure of Love and the Four Elements), W.11-1930 (with figure of Plenty), and W.142-1921 (Berainesque decoration.) Comparable bellows associated with the town of Spa survive in the Musées de la Ville d'eaux - Spa (SN12), and the Museum of the Walloon Life in Liège www.viewallonne.be - reflecting a decorative character dominated by the Principality of Liège.