WARNING: C. 1830s Staffordshire Pearlware Child's Cup handmade mat and also a bit like

and also a bit like Santa Claus

with more than 100 full page reproductions of a diverse

with staining to the glass and interior of the lid

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WARNING: C. 1830s Staffordshire Pearlware Child's Cup handmade mat and also a bit likeI love an antique Staffordshire transfer decorated child's cup combining text and image, and was struck by this one for the unusualness of its one word caption WARNING giving the whole thing a certain ominousness. These cups were certainly used to impart lessons of sorts, so this feels perhaps akin to picturing a fire drill or duck and cover exercise but compared to similar cups from the period that usually depicted games like 'playing at marbles' or