A (Much Loved) Token of Love, Scarce Early (1820s) Creamware Child's Mug with Sweet Old Repairs Mid-Land Novelty Co This basket is in very

This basket is in very good condition

All given to the Mother to announce an upcoming play

8 1/2" t x 6 3/8" w x 2 7/8" d

I believe they date to the 1780s or so and are likely Belgian

A (Much Loved) Token of Love, Scarce Early (1820s) Creamware Child's Mug with Sweet Old Repairs Mid-Land Novelty Co This basket is in veryYou know by now how fond I am of early transfer decorated children's mugs, though I've gotten increasingly particular looking for especially early ones, or examples I haven't seen before, or ones with a special sort of resonance all of which are the case with this one! This small creamware cup, another example of which I'd not seen before but have found one reference to since, dates to the 1820s if not a little earlier, with the hand painted color