A rare Seth Pennington (Liverpool) blue and white glass-bottomed mug, c.1775-85, painted with a

A rare Seth Pennington (Liverpool) blue and white glass-bottomed mug, c.1775-85, painted with a European couple seated beneath a tree beside water, a ship at sail behind them, with a distinctive scroll handle, 9.7cm.

Provenance: the David and Jan Birley Collection. Formerly the Davies Collection and the Watney Collection.

Exhibited: Phillips, Liverpool Exhibition, 1997, no. 3/33.

Illustrated: Maurice Hillis, Liverpool Porcelain, p.391, figs. 9.36 and 9.37.