A fine Lowestoft mug, circa 1765


Of large size and cylindrical form with a slightly spreading foot, the scrolled handle with thumbrest, painted in blue with a Chinese lady holding a parasol and seated in a Chinese garden, an attendant to her left, a 'lattice and flower' border below the rim, a 'berry' border within the interior, 16cm high
|ProvenanceNorman Baker CollectionBrian Wood CollectionExhibited in the English Ceramic Circle 1948 Exhibition, no.470 and illustrated in the catalogue at pl.110. A similar mug of slightly earlier date is illustrated by Geoffrey Godden, Lowestoft Porcelains (1985), p.20, pl.5