A documentary Flight, Barr and Barr coffee can, dated 1833, gilded with the monogram ‘JT’ reserved

A documentary Flight, Barr and Barr coffee can, dated 1833, gilded with the monogram ‘JT’ reserved on a claret ground with flower sprays, the underside titled in red ‘James Tomlins born February 25^th 1833’, 6cm.

Provenance: the Charles Dawson Collection.

Illustrated: Charles Dawson, Worcester Flight & Barr Porcelain, p.214, fig.18.34.

James Tomlins Senior (1800-79) is recorded in the 1819 list of workers as a ground-layer. It would appear he painted this mug to celebrate the birth of his son, also James.