C. 1830s Staffordshire "Circulating Library" Child's Transferware Cup pipe Very good antique condition with

Very good antique condition with nice dry wood patina

Signed on the bottom KM

as if I might drive right by this particular property still looking very much the same

color of thread is off white / ecru

12" l x 12" t x 8 1/4" w

C. 1830s Staffordshire "Circulating Library" Child's Transferware Cup pipe Very good antique condition withIt was a great week for finding antique transferware children's cups; this is one of two I am listing, both rare and I think just fabulous this one humorously representing a circulating library, books flying everywhere in a gust of wind. Preceding public libraries, in the 18th and 19th c. circulating libraries were important (for profilt) social and cultural institutions in Britain and America, providing for a subscription fee the rising middle class