A Philip Christian (Liverpool) armorial mug or coffee can, c.1768, painted in polychrome enamels

A Philip Christian (Liverpool) armorial mug or coffee can, c.1768, painted in polychrome enamels with the arms of Brougham impaling Lamplugh, the shield cartouche edged with puce rococo scrollwork, the reverse with the crest of an arm holding a fish, a small filled rim chip, 6.4cm.

An extensive tea and coffee service is believed to have been made for Peter Brougham, possibly on the occasion of a proposed marriage to his second cousin, Elizabeth Falconer, prior to her death in May 1769.

Cf. Colin Handley's paper to the ECC, Trans. vol. 18, part 3, pp. 543-551. The teapot from the set is shown as fig. 1. The matching coffee pot was exhibited by Simon Spero, Liverpool Porcelain exhibition (2006), fig. 26.