SOLD The Little Jockey, c. 1840s-50s Child's Mug with Copper Lustre beauty ) and certainly suggesting someone

) and certainly suggesting someone cared for these very much

which I'd describe as Art Deco in style

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

I immediately thought of Velasquez’s “las Meninas

SOLD The Little Jockey, c. 1840s-50s Child's Mug with Copper Lustre beauty ) and certainly suggesting someoneYou 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