A rare Lowestoft blue and white tea canister, c.1775, the ovoid form printed with the Three Flowers

A rare Lowestoft blue and white tea canister, c.1775, the ovoid form printed with the Three Flowers pattern, the reverse with moths and small flower sprays, hatched crescent mark, 14.9cm high.

Cf. Geoffrey Godden, Lowestoft Porcelains, p.215 for a discussion of this rare shape. Also Bonhams, 2nd May 2018, lot 404 for a similar example in the Fence pattern.