SOLD The Little Jockey, c. 1840s-50s Child's Mug with Copper Lustre beauty but one could replace the

but one could replace the wire (the existing wire easily pops out

and with the real stakes of winning one's opponents marbles for keeps

I immediately thought of Velasquez’s “las Meninas

) and certainly suggesting someone cared for these very much

SOLD The Little Jockey, c. 1840s-50s Child's Mug with Copper Lustre beauty but one could replace theYou 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