A Liverpool porcelain polychrome barrel-shaped mug circa 1755-60

painted with two water birds amidst rocks and flowering braches, the handle molded with a thumbrest.

Please Note: The correct attribution for this lot is Longton Hall, not Liverpool as stated in the catalogue. There is some minor scratching to the enamel decoration, occasional flaking to the pink enamel of the flowers and a minor 1/8-in. chip to the foot.
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A coffee can similarly painted with water birds is illustrated by E. Myra Brown and Terence A. Lockett in Made in Liverpool, Liverpool Pottery and Porcelain, 1700-1850, p. 75, cat no. 69. Two mugs of a form similar to the present example are illustrated, ibid., pp. 80-81, cat nos. 82 and 84.