A rare Worcester mug

A rare Worcester baluster shaped small mug, finely printed in black by Robert Hancock with Bubbles and The Doll, after Gravelot; a young boy and girl, each seated in a large 'C' scroll, he blowing bubbles and she holding a doll, flanking a central print of two butterflies, the notched loop handle picked out in black, 3 1/4" high, circa 1758, no mark

Provenance; With Simon Spero
                     English Private Collection

See Cook, items 17 and 28, for a cylindrical mug then in the Willett Collection with these very rare prints 

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