Love for Love, Perfectly Succinct late 18th Century Bilston Battersea Enamelware Patch Box tossing doll I am forever opening old

I am forever opening old books in hopes of finding drawings on the end papers--so a happy surprise to find this one

and I particularly love that the cheerfully striped pot here was used to

grew and grew until it didn't

I photographed it with a small barrel shaped box inside the base to make it stand--all sorts of things could be used to do the same

Love for Love, Perfectly Succinct late 18th Century Bilston Battersea Enamelware Patch Box tossing doll I am forever opening oldI'm always eyeing late 18th century Bilston Battersea enameled patch boxes, but mostly restrain myself. The "Love for Love" on this one really won me though, for its simultaneous concision and expansiveness of meaning interpretation, and its universality at the end of the day. And the best cornflower blue too. 1 1 4" d x 3 4" t. Some wear to as evident more pronounced in photos (shot with magnification) than in hand; feels more bright and crisp in