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Jointed at the shoulders
which adds to the feeling that he's seen some battle
evoking and implying a whole lot through a small gesture
1920s-30s I would guess
WARNING: C. 1830s Staffordshire Pearlware Child's Cup The Artistic Crafts Series of Technical Handbooks Jointed at the shouldersI love an antique Staffordshire transfer decorated child's cup combining text and image, and was struck by this one for the unusualness of its one word caption WARNING giving the whole thing a certain ominousness. These cups were certainly used to impart lessons of sorts, so this feels perhaps akin to picturing a fire drill or duck and cover exercise but compared to similar cups from the period that usually depicted games like 'playing at marbles' or
