SOLD From an Affectionate Father, Early 19th Century Staffordshire Child's Plate carved rock and this one--filled with various

and this one--filled with various sorts of fishing line

rather --both quite the characters

really wonderfully illustrated

which I really like for the form of the shoe

I love the bright eyes and clasped hands of the four figures facing us

SOLD From an Affectionate Father, Early 19th Century Staffordshire Child's Plate carved rock and this one--filled with variousMy favorite, and the most precious, early British transferware child's cups and dishes are ones incorporating this style of text and they to me also bear a strong kinship to late 18th c. Bilston and Battersea enamel trinket boxes. This is a scarce one including for speaking of the affections of a father (so many more about mothers!) and what excellent faces on the "little men" pictured with hoop and on teeter totter! A perfect gift from a father to a