Ladies Be Free... c. 1850 Thomas Fell & Co. Child's Cup and Saucer bavarian a little scattered light foxing/spotting

a little scattered light foxing/spotting

Part of the English company Britains' "Mammoth Circus" set

or perhaps Pennsylvania

The spine is much worn but the stitched binding is holding together

Ladies Be Free... c. 1850 Thomas Fell & Co. Child's Cup and Saucer bavarian a little scattered light foxing/spottingOf course it's the "Ladies All I Pray Make Free" that sold me on this child's sized antique transferware cup and saucer, made, I've learned, by Thomas Fell & Co., Newcastle England, c. 1850 as per one of the same, in black, held in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. There's a bit of debate out there as to whether this should be classified as an early women's suffrage item; I think most likely it was not actually intended as such, but