Mug, bone china, tapered shape with angular handle, decorated with a print of a shepherd with dog and sheep overpainted in enamels and iron lustre; base, printed registered design mark with encoded date of 18th March 1876, made by Robinson and Chapman,

Mug, bone china, tapered shape with angular handle, decorated with a print of a shepherd with dog and sheep overpainted in enamels and iron lustre; base, printed registered design mark with encoded date of 18th March 1876, made by Robinson and Chapman, Royal Porcelain Works, Anchor Road, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, 1876+
a mug of similar form, decorated with a design registered to the contemporary Longton firm of William Lowe, indicates a relationship of some kind between the two potteries