A Present From Battle, Unusual Excellent Condition 19th C. Hand-painted Creamware Child's Mug spencerian pens 4 1/8” w x 3

4 1/8” w x 3 1/8” t x 2 1/16” d and in very good

is first and foremost for the images themself

And indeed she is

but closer inspection reveals it is definitely bone

A Present From Battle, Unusual Excellent Condition 19th C. Hand-painted Creamware Child's Mug spencerian pens 4 1/8” w x 3A very lovely lovely one, this is a hand painted not transfer decorated child's mug, c. 1810, British I believe. One often sees children's mugs from this period bearing phrases beginning with "A Present" i. e. "A present for a dear child" or a "A present for Thomas" or "A present from an affectionate father" but I have never seen "A Present from Battle" and can't find another out there like it anywhere. How poignant and vivid to imagine a parent