A good Lowestoft blue and white mug c.1761-62, painted with a Chinese lady seated in a landscape, holding a parasol and resting one foot on a low stool, a young attendant bringing her a cup of tea, the interior rim with a panelled trellis border, painter`s numeral 5 probably for Robert Allen, 9.3cm. Provenance: a private collection in East Anglia. Formerly in the Casley Collection. Illustrated: Geoffrey A. Godden, Lowestoft Porcelains, p.92, pl.108.