C. 1830s Staffordshire "Circulating Library" Child's Transferware Cup antique primitive which hooks neatly through the

which hooks neatly through the chain link at the opposite end

As Puget Sound is mentioned I'd think its maker was from the Pacific Northwest

old painter's palette when I see one

under glass

1880s/early 90s I believe

C. 1830s Staffordshire "Circulating Library" Child's Transferware Cup antique primitive which hooks neatly through theIt was a great week for finding antique transferware children's cups; this is one of two I am listing, both rare and I think just fabulous this one humorously representing a circulating library, books flying everywhere in a gust of wind. Preceding public libraries, in the 18th and 19th c. circulating libraries were important (for profilt) social and cultural institutions in Britain and America, providing for a subscription fee the rising middle class