A large and early Bow mug

A large and early Bow mug, c.1753-55, the bell-shaped body painted with a spray of pink peony and other flowering branches issuing from holey rockwork, the rim with stylized flower mons between bands of black trellis on a green ground, painter's numeral 10 inside the footrim, a crack at the base of the handle, 12.2cm.

Provenance: the David Stopher Collection.