Loving cup, white earthenware, two handles moulded in acanthus form on drum shape body, decorated with a black printed and enamelled chinoiserie scene of an exotic bird and flowering branches, iron lustre details and borders; base, painted pattern number 549 6 and printed combined factory and registered design mark with encoded date of 3rd March 1869, made by Thomas Till and Sons, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, 1869+
