Mid 19th C Staffordshire Pearlware Child's Cup, "Breeze" little stick house not visible unless turned upside

not visible unless turned upside down

The relative simplicity of the silhouettes makes me think that it might have been done by a schoolgirl or the young woman herself rather than a silhouette artist

and a little searching confirms they're pretty rare (And the colorful little carved balls inside of this one remind me of one of my other favorite things

45 of the original 46 cards are here (the Yellow Triangle 3 card is missing) but if wanting to play one could just make a dummy by copying the Purple Triangle and coloring it yellow:) The game is akin traditional solitaire

Mid 19th C Staffordshire Pearlware Child's Cup, "Breeze" little stick house not visible unless turned upsideI've got a real weakness for these antique Staffordshire child's mugs in part because of the great clean lines of the cup, and look of old pearlware in general, but especially for the transfer imagery, which tends to feels spot on, and usually to roll a a life lesson into it one way or another. In this case, with cherub mischievously disrupting the scene as he casts breezes down on man and little girl, it might be to understand there are forces beyond