Ladies Be Free... c. 1850 Thomas Fell & Co. Child's Cup and Saucer shaker style brush with a presence that far

with a presence that far outweighs its size

There is also some missing chinking between the lowest two beams on the front facing side

30 7/8" long x 4 13/16" x 7/8" and in great antique condition

Certainly they bear a very strong resemblance to the animals of Swiss toy designer and maker Antonio Vitali (who also designed many toys produced by Creative Playthings)

which one feels feels like one should use to see into the souls of tiny things

Ladies Be Free... c. 1850 Thomas Fell & Co. Child's Cup and Saucer shaker style brush with a presence that farOf 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