Fetching! 1820s Transferware Child's Cup with Good Dog, Man with Hat and Lustre stoneware jar Very nicely--and painstakingly

Very nicely--and painstakingly

Perhaps these were left over from cut stencils

and I think is quite a lovely thing

I'm not sure if these wonderful tiny carved wooden spoons were made for a dollhouse or what

but now I think maybe a long tongued fly

Fetching! 1820s Transferware Child's Cup with Good Dog, Man with Hat and Lustre stoneware jar Very nicely--and painstakinglyAnother week another early 19th c. Staffordshire childs mug, because good ones keep crossing my path, and I've always got a close eye out for them, too. At this point I look mostly for ones I've never seen with text or imagery that strikes me as especially clever or fetching. And fetching this one is, with sweet dog swimming back to shore, stick retrieved. Unusual is that the center of the hat held by the dog's human companion is actually rendered in