Comprising a teapot, a milk jug, and a twin handled sugar bowl. Each of globular form. The teapot with a pout formed as a nāga opposite a handle formed as a man pinned with wooden insulators, each with finely chased details. The hinged domed lid surmounted by a detachable figure of a kneeling man. The sugar bowl with handles formed as two nāga, and the milk jug as a branch with a serpent environed around it the thumbpiece an eagle with wings spread. The teapot with embossed decoration of the of the nat (spirit) Ma Swe Oo, a country girl weaver who was killed by a tiger sent by the younger Taung-pyone brother, Min Galay, after spurning his advances, this depicted as a tiger attacking a woman, also with the two sword wielding brothers, all within architraves reserved with foliate scrolls. The lid with embossed birds upon branches, such as an owl and two eagles. The sugar and milk with figural panels to the bodies similarly reserved. Each raised on bases of three legs with pierced and chased foliate scroll aprons below a spiked acanthus leaf section, the junctions of the legs differing to each element, the teapot with mask of monkey, the milk jug with that of a tiger, and the sugar bowl with that of a lion. (3) Teapot length - 20.3 cm / 8 inches Teapot height - 17.2 cm / 6.75 inches Weight – 1209 grams / 38.87 oztNotes:Ma Swe Oo became the patroness of weavers. A casket with this tale was sold these rooms, 22 June 2022, lot 169 (£688 incl. prem) A bowl with this tale was sold these rooms, 14 Feb 2023, lot 22 (£575 incl. prem) A bowl with this tale was sold these rooms, 14 Feb 2023, lot 19 (£575 incl. prem) A bowl with this tale was sold these rooms, 8 Oct 2024, lot 230 (£605 incl. prem) Although difficult to define items from Thayetmyo categorically it has generally been considered to involve castings and to have an overall spiky appearance. Other examples previously sold that were attributed to this region include a mug dated 1871 which follows a similar scheme of decoration and spiked foliage, sold these rooms, 20 Oct 2021, lot 186 (£1375 incl. prem) A milk jug with a cast handle attributed to Thayetmyo, sold these rooms 19 March 2024, lot 138 (£688 incl. prem) A mug attributed to Thayetmyo or Upper Burma, sold these rooms, 3 June 2026, lot 152 (£1071 incl. prem) Another Burmese teapot, of generally comparable form, then thought to be Rangoon was sold these rooms, 8 Oct 2024, lot 233 (£1890 incl. prem)