Wonderful and Very Rare Early 19th c. Transferware Child's Cup: LION double handled was famed for its legendary

was famed for its legendary bartender Constantino Ribalaigua  (who came to be known as “el rey de los coteleros

) The very tip of the blade

which seems not to have faded a bit over the years

--and my favorite a drawing of a tiny couple inside a heart inside an orange moon

giving one or the other the upper hand

Wonderful and Very Rare Early 19th c. Transferware Child's Cup: LION double handled was famed for its legendaryThis is just about my favorite antique child's cup I've ever seen. The perfect white ground, the perfect lion, the perfect hand painted yellow mane and green grass, and the perfect simple "Lion." below. And it is quite a rare one; I've only found one reference to it, which notes the maker as unknown, so while akin to Staffordshire child's mugs of the early 19th c. it may have been produced by another maker. It's a small one as far as these go (the