SOLD The Little Jockey, c. 1840s-50s Child's Mug with Copper Lustre beauty and contains 25 one inch

and contains 25 one inch cubes

but one could replace the wire (the existing wire easily pops out

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

but was never engraved with a stamp

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

SOLD The Little Jockey, c. 1840s-50s Child's Mug with Copper Lustre beauty and contains 25 one inchYou 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