A Liverpool (William Reid) mug, circa 1756-59A Liverpool (William Reid) mug, circa 1756-59With a 'Scotia' foot and a scrolled handle, finely painted in enamels with a Chinese lady carrying a basket, her right hand held out to a long-tailed bird perched on a willow tree, insects in flight above and red comma-like motifs flanking the handle terminals, 12.6cm highProvenanceCrane Collection, Bonhams, 31 March 2010, lot 150Sylvia and Alan Low CollectionIllustrated by Maurice Hillis, Liverpool Porcelain (2011), p.31, fig.3.23. A smaller mug of the same pattern, evidently painted by a different hand, is illustrated by Maurice Hillis and Roderick Jellicoe, The Liverpool Porcelain of William Reid (2000), p.11, fig.10.