Grace Before Meat, c. 1830s Satirical Staffordshire Transferware Child's Mug antique silver travel comb with a small chip to

with a small chip to one top corner

pulling these violets toward it like a magnet

which I guess could be described as a sort of tramp art meets Neo-classical architecture cabinet of wonders

I'll just never tire of looking at baby animals

and don't have a first name

Grace Before Meat, c. 1830s Satirical Staffordshire Transferware Child's Mug antique silver travel comb with a small chip toYou know I love these 19th c. Staffordshire transferware child's mugs, and this is a weird one! Most often, they depict children engaged in various games learning lessons of one sort of another, but this one features adults only (who feel quite Gorey esque to me), one seeming to gesture to the other to be seated at the table, but with text overhead reminding "Grace before Meat." Great details, including a series of pictures hanging on the wall. I am