The Little Plunderer, Early 19th C. Staffordshire Child's Mug small plate I found this one at

I found this one at Brimfield in the booth of a delightful seller who always has charming things

and then this great splint flower spreading across the top

Very faintly printed on the front of this handmade wallpaper covered book is Lyvia C

(Erzgebirge cow sold separately

The Little Plunderer, Early 19th C. Staffordshire Child's Mug small plate I found this one atAnother antique Staffordshire child's mug, because I can't get enough of these, though I'm increasingly picky about the ones I like. In this case it's the title "the little plunderer" that drew me because plundering seems as much of the moment as it ever was! The particular plunderer in question here, though, seems not to be this fancified boy but rather the bird perched on his finger though it seems quite likely there's satire at play here, or