Ladies Be Free... c. 1850 Thomas Fell & Co. Child's Cup and Saucer bavarian head measures approx 4 3/4"

head measures approx 4 3/4" t x 3 3/4" w x 4" d

with the identity of the particularly spirit described less through the form of the body but rather through the applied color and additional decoration (feathers

and with a cloth hanger mounted on the back

or perhaps Pennsylvania

The spine is much worn but the stitched binding is holding together

Ladies Be Free... c. 1850 Thomas Fell & Co. Child's Cup and Saucer bavarian head measures approx 4 3/4"Of course it's the "Ladies All I Pray Make Free" that sold me on this child's sized antique transferware cup and saucer, made, I've learned, by Thomas Fell & Co., Newcastle England, c. 1850 as per one of the same, in black, held in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. There's a bit of debate out there as to whether this should be classified as an early women's suffrage item; I think most likely it was not actually intended as such, but