SOLD The Little Jockey, c. 1840s-50s Child's Mug with Copper Lustre American flag fan with some pencil sketching under

with some pencil sketching under the watercolor

which maybe helps a bit

They remind somewhat of old Grenfell Mission dolls from Labrador

There is one tiny bit of what looks like brown paper caught inside the frame

or just as a box

SOLD The Little Jockey, c. 1840s-50s Child's Mug with Copper Lustre American flag fan with some pencil sketching underYou 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