A large Staffordshire porcelain porter mug c.1825-30

A large Staffordshire porcelain porter mug c.1825-30, finely painted with a continuous scene of a stagecoach drawn by four horses, the coach titled 'Independent Taliho', behind a figure driving a further four bridled horses, inscribed in gilt with the name Henry Truslove, some faults and wear, 12.5cm high.

Dunchurch near Rugby was an important staging post both for stagecoaches and the mail coach. The Independent Tally-Ho was one of the London to Birmingham coaches which would have passed through regularly. There were several coaching inns at Dunchurch, including The Bell, which was recorded under the management of Henry Truslove in the 1828 Pigot & Co. directory. A copy of Henry Truslove's last Will and Testament from 1829 is included with this lot.