SOLD The Little Jockey, c. 1840s-50s Child's Mug with Copper Lustre greening brass but completely wonderful and surprising

but completely wonderful and surprising interior and underside

7 3/4" long x 1 7/8" wide x 1 1/4" deep

there is a scatter of little surface marks on one short side as documented

with a few minor scratches to the exterior and very light wear to the lacquer around the edges

9" wide measured on the square

SOLD The Little Jockey, c. 1840s-50s Child's Mug with Copper Lustre greening brass but completely wonderful and surprisingYou 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