A documentary Lowestoft blue and white mug dated 1765, the bell shape painted with a fancy bird looking up to an insect in flight, standing beside elaborate flowering plants, inscribed to the underside for `Abm. Moore, August 29th 1765`, damages to the rim, 11.5cm. Provenance: a private collection in East Anglia. Cf. British Museum, Accession No. 1887,0307,XI.7 for a smaller example, and 1957,0403.1 for a modern forgery. This example is illustrated in Geoffrey A. Godden, Lowestoft Porcelains, p.79, pl.82 alongside a larger example. It is not known who Abraham Moore was, nor who produced the known fakes in the 20th century.