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

and is quite rare

a sweet little thing

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

-of the door

presumed early 20th century

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