SOLD The Little Jockey, c. 1840s-50s Child's Mug with Copper Lustre American flag fan A cross between a sweet

A cross between a sweet cherry and a sour cherry

and a whitish spot near the top pull

" Some wear as evident

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 A cross between a sweetYou 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