SOLD The Little Jockey, c. 1840s-50s Child's Mug with Copper Lustre beauty Plus this curtain of pillowy

Plus this curtain of pillowy dark clouds overhead

but I'm not sure the use and it closes up snugly

Her body is sew of natural colored linen

and with the real stakes of winning one's opponents marbles for keeps

SOLD The Little Jockey, c. 1840s-50s Child's Mug with Copper Lustre beauty Plus this curtain of pillowyYou know by now how fond I am of early transfer decorated children's mugs, though I've gotten pretty particular looking for especially early ones, or examples I haven't seen before, or ones with a special sort of resonance. What especially drew me to this one (in addition to the imagery itself poor, hugely empathetic, ultra tolerant, tongue wagging dog! and fabulous copper lustre banding) is the connection between its "little jockey" subject and the