A documentary Lowestoft blue and white mug...

A documentary Lowestoft blue and white mug dated 1765, the bell shape painted with a fancy bird looking up to an insect in flight, standing beside elaborate flowering plants, inscribed to the underside for 'Abm. Moore, August 29th 1765', damages to the rim, 11.5cm.

Cf. British Museum, Accession No. 1887,0307,XI.7 for a smaller example, and 1957,0403.1 for a modern forgery. This example is illustrated in Geoffrey A. Godden, Lowestoft Porcelains, p.79, pl.82 alongside a larger example. It is not known who Abraham Moore was, nor who produced the known fakes in the 20th century.