A Bow mug c.1750

A Bow mug c.1750, of cylindrical form with a spreading foot, delicately painted in muted enamels with flower arrangements suspended from leaf swags, with small moths in flight around, a short rim crack, 12.5cm.

Provenance: from the collection of Lady Kate Davson, née Kate Foster (1938-2020).

Exhibited: the Ashmolean Museum 2009-2020.

Cf. Anton Gabszewicz and Geoffrey Freeman, Bow Porcelain, p.28, nos. 10 and 11 for mugs with identical decoration.