A very rare Worcester mug, circa 1758,

bell-shaped, finely painted in puce with a Chinese figure and a dog walking in a garden, the scene framed at the lower edge by rococo scrolls, a large flower spray by the handle,

Sold Sotheby's London, 21st November 1967, lot 135 (£550)

English Ceramics Exhibition, 1948, no. 409. Worcester Bi-Centenary Exhibition, 1951, no.76.

No visible damage. There is some light fire specking to the handle, just below the handle and around the footrim.
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It is very rare to find a puce monochrome Chinese subject on a bell-shaped mug.  For a very similar mug see H. Rissik Marshall, 1954, plate 6, no. 91.  A similar mug with classical ruins in puce was in the Paul Crane Collection, sold by Bonhams, 31st March 2010, lot 182