Grace Before Meat, c. 1830s Satirical Staffordshire Transferware Child's Mug antique silver travel comb and the matte turquoise surface

and the matte turquoise surface reminds me of the green patina on an ancient bronze sculpture

I'll just never tire of looking at baby animals

which I guess could be described as a sort of tramp art meets Neo-classical architecture cabinet of wonders

and are interchangeable)

pulling these violets toward it like a magnet

Grace Before Meat, c. 1830s Satirical Staffordshire Transferware Child's Mug antique silver travel comb and the matte turquoise surfaceYou know I love these 19th c. Staffordshire transferware child's mugs, and this is a weird one! Most often, they depict children engaged in various games learning lessons of one sort of another, but this one features adults only (who feel quite Gorey esque to me), one seeming to gesture to the other to be seated at the table, but with text overhead reminding "Grace before Meat." Great details, including a series of pictures hanging on the wall. I am