Innocence is a Lovely Ornament, Early 19th C. Canaryware Child's Mug vintage colored pencil drawing with his pink cheeks hand-tinted

with his pink cheeks hand-tinted

I might guess 1950s or so but am not completely sure

and a great object

but the paint on the rest of it

Tremendously lovable

Innocence is a Lovely Ornament, Early 19th C. Canaryware Child's Mug vintage colored pencil drawing with his pink cheeks hand-tintedAnother embodiment of my never ending obsession with very old things bearing phrases that feeling newly resonant in the present. Very early 19th century, this is a scarce one, and early children's mugs in brilliant canary yellow tend to be the more precious among them. Originally, and especially as a lesson for children, "Innocence is a Lovely Ornament," would have signified the attractiveness of innocence, a trait to be held onto and cherished but