A rare Lowestoft porcelain mug

of globular body with scrolled handle with thumbrest, the cylindrical neck moulded with pointed leaves above finely turned bands, painted in  underglaze blue with floral swags tied with ribbons, insects and flower sprigs, a ‘flower and leaf’ border below the interior rim.

c.1775

Ht. 4 inches

Provenance: Brian Wood Collection

A similar mug is illustrated by Geoffrey Godden, English Blue and White Porcelain (2004), p.279, pl.339.