C. 1830s Staffordshire "Circulating Library" Child's Transferware Cup boy with roses and is quite rare

and is quite rare

but otherwise I’d put it out to be enjoyed all of the time

Large enough to be used as dinner plates

a sweet little thing

C. 1830s Staffordshire "Circulating Library" Child's Transferware Cup boy with roses and is quite rareIt 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