Cameleopard! Super Scarce 19th C. British Transfer Decorated Child's Mug soft green half-fallen

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glued to two additional pieces of wood on the underside

Cameleopard! Super Scarce 19th C. British Transfer Decorated Child's Mug soft green half-fallenI did not know that the giraffes were once called Cameleopards, but I sure was delighted to have this tiny 19th c. British child's (or doll's?) mug be the thing to teach me of that fact made to teach, and still imparting lessons centuries later! Cameleopard, I've learned, is the more traditional English expression for a giraffe, deriving from the Greek from kmlos camel and prdalis leopard which remained in common use in England until the late 19th