A Present From Battle, Unusual Excellent Condition 19th C. Hand-painted Creamware Child's Mug spencerian pens 5 1/4" x 4 3/4"

5 1/4" x 4 3/4" framed

Graphite on natural colored paper

by Louis A

but only very very rarely do I find them

All the better for the spots of age toning here and there I think and just beautiful

A Present From Battle, Unusual Excellent Condition 19th C. Hand-painted Creamware Child's Mug spencerian pens 5 1/4" x 4 3/4"A 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