The Little Plunderer, Early 19th C. Staffordshire Child's Mug small plate (Erzgebirge cow sold separately

(Erzgebirge cow sold separately

and almost touch them too

plus gilded rims framing it from above and below

I like this one for its folky strangeness

And a stand made just for it too

The Little Plunderer, Early 19th C. Staffordshire Child's Mug small plate (Erzgebirge cow sold separatelyAnother antique Staffordshire child's mug, because I can't get enough of these, though I'm increasingly picky about the ones I like. In this case it's the title "the little plunderer" that drew me because plundering seems as much of the moment as it ever was! The particular plunderer in question here, though, seems not to be this fancified boy but rather the bird perched on his finger though it seems quite likely there's satire at play here, or