Hand-painted Antique English Transferware Child's Cup with Dancing Girls card box Great on a desk

Great on a desk

M or W or in between

painted with an elegant gold and silver design

This is one of my favorite recent finds

I think this is just about as lovely as a vase can be

Hand-painted Antique English Transferware Child's Cup with Dancing Girls card box Great on a deskI've seen a close match of this child's cup described as Staffordshire, but I'm not totally sure; certainly it is antique English, with hand painted decoration for the skirts of the dancing girls, flowers, leaves and grass, in addition to darker green transfer. And as is typically the case, the transfer is not perfect, with a bit of a smear between the face and raised hand of one girl, which makes it appear as if she is trying to see through a cloud