A rare pair of Lowestoft blue and white cider mugs c.1765, the globular bodies each painted with a bird in flight between two flower sprays, the shoulders and rims moulded with a stiff leaf design on a seeded ground, the interior rims with a formal border, painter`s numerals to the inside footrim, 9.2cm. (2) Provenance: a private collection in East Anglia. Formerly in the Casley Collection. Exhibited: Albert Amor Ltd, 1979, no.109 Cf. Geoffrey A. Godden, Lowestoft Porcelains, p.70, pl.66 for a similar example.