Charming Extra Small Hand-painted Transferware Child's Cup with Lamb modern clay and to my eye just

and to my eye just perfectly aged and worn

steady on her feet

This carving measures 7 1/2" tall x 2 1/2" wide x 1 5/8" deep and is in very good presumed antique condition

these are made of paper and bamboo

This one unfolds--reveals itself--over the course of a sequence of moves--opening the "front doors

Charming Extra Small Hand-painted Transferware Child's Cup with Lamb modern clay and to my eye justAnother thing I'm always looking at is 19th c. transferware child's cups, and at this point have become pretty familiar with a wide variety of them, mostly Staffordshire, but others too. I've never seen one quite like this, though, which is extra small, and extra good I think, with this transferware lamb running forever in place, animated by bold swipes of blue and yellow paint, creating a horizon line of sorts with sky above and ground below, plus