Blind Man's Buff Antique Staffordshire Pearlware Child's Cup vintage animal all in the original box

all in the original box

designed by Lagardo Tackett for Schmid Porcelain in the 1950s

While it is more common to find hand-painted bluebirds like these on ceramic pieces than on glass

The  brush features what I believe are goat hair bristles stitched to the wooden handle

Good for holding while contemplating the meaning of the universe

Blind Man's Buff Antique Staffordshire Pearlware Child's Cup vintage animal all in the original boxI've recently fallen deeply in love with English 19th century transfer ware combining text and illustration, like this pearlware Staffordshire child's cup, c. 1830s 40s, I believe. Staffordshire produced a whole series of child's cups featuring children playing games (leap frog, shuttlecock, playing at marbles, etc.) this one pictures "Blind Man's Buff" (yes, Buff, meaning "small push, which preceeded Bluff as the name for the tag like game, also