SOLD The Little Jockey, c. 1840s-50s Child's Mug with Copper Lustre beauty McAllister and my guess is

McAllister and my guess is that the collection of hair samples was hers

but I'm not sure the use and it closes up snugly

I immediately thought of Velasquez’s “las Meninas

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

SOLD The Little Jockey, c. 1840s-50s Child's Mug with Copper Lustre beauty McAllister and my guess isYou 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