Grace Before Meat, c. 1830s Satirical Staffordshire Transferware Child's Mug Santos head with some mountain-like bushes (

with some mountain-like bushes (

which swing freely to and fro

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There's a warm patina on the brass

Grace Before Meat, c. 1830s Satirical Staffordshire Transferware Child's Mug Santos head with some mountain-like bushes (You know I love these 19th c. Staffordshire transferware child's mugs, and this is a weird one! Most often, they depict children engaged in various games learning lessons of one sort of another, but this one features adults only (who feel quite Gorey esque to me), one seeming to gesture to the other to be seated at the table, but with text overhead reminding "Grace before Meat." Great details, including a series of pictures hanging on the wall. I am