Raised cylindrical cup or mug with straight tapered sides, grooved D- or ear-shape scroll handle, and applied triple-reeded rim and foot ring; engraved on front "ML" in conjoined foliate script. Underside of flat bottom struck with six marks arranged in a circle around the centerpoint, clockwise from top left, a cross containing the raised serif letters "I / I•H / P" (maker's mark), a lion passant facing left in a rectangle (quality mark), a sovereign's head facing right in an oval (duty mark), a leopard's head crowned in a square, a raised serif "g" in a heart or indented oval (date letter), and a larger cross containing five lion passants facing left (city mark).
Maker is John Hamstead and John Prince of York, England; used this mark, circa 1787-1794.