The Little Plunderer, Early 19th C. Staffordshire Child's Mug his and her nude bookends and the lace of her

and the lace of her collar

and zodiac relative to the rotating earth

somewhat rusty steel arrow

and color is great

managed perfectly

The Little Plunderer, Early 19th C. Staffordshire Child's Mug his and her nude bookends and the lace of herAnother antique Staffordshire child's mug, because I can't get enough of these, though I'm increasingly picky about the ones I like. In this case it's the title "the little plunderer" that drew me because plundering seems as much of the moment as it ever was! The particular plunderer in question here, though, seems not to be this fancified boy but rather the bird perched on his finger though it seems quite likely there's satire at play here, or