Wonderful and Very Rare Early 19th c. Transferware Child's Cup: LION orange glazed pottery after an analysis of the

after an analysis of the wood from this first chair

I began to think she had eloped

with stenciled numbers too

with much of the dog's creamy-brown paint worn away

Wonderful and Very Rare Early 19th c. Transferware Child's Cup: LION orange glazed pottery after an analysis of theThis is just about my favorite antique child's cup I've ever seen. The perfect white ground, the perfect lion, the perfect hand painted yellow mane and green grass, and the perfect simple "Lion." below. And it is quite a rare one; I've only found one reference to it, which notes the maker as unknown, so while akin to Staffordshire child's mugs of the early 19th c. it may have been produced by another maker. It's a small one as far as these go (the