Rare 19th Century Lustreware Ale Measure with Transfers marble fruit 5 3/4" across at opening

5 3/4" across at opening

Quintessentially mid-century Scandinavian

it still swivels smoothy but is a hair off flush when closed

I believe this sweet cast lead polar bear was made by Britains

Rare 19th Century Lustreware Ale Measure with Transfers marble fruit 5 3/4" across at openingI really love antique children's cups incorporating transfer text, but this is the first cup without a handle I've found, which, given the poem on one side, it didn't take me too long to figure out is an ale measure! I can't find its match out there, but I did find a few lustreware graduated sets of three, so perhaps this was once part of a set, 19th c. British I am sure. I love the combination of drinking poem on one side paired with image of mother