1830s Very Scarce Stone China Transfeware Mug with Dogs and Cats carved Inuit seal This Union Building Blocks No

This Union Building Blocks No

At either end is a hole

at the ready

The wood has a bit of a gilded appearance

intimate and very human

1830s Very Scarce Stone China Transfeware Mug with Dogs and Cats carved Inuit seal This Union Building Blocks NoI can't find documentation of the likeness of this one anywhere out there, and no real wonder who would ever part with these pups on one side and cats on the other? The tan underglaze is the akin to the flat, light tan one sees on early mochaware, and here a great decorative transfer border on the interior rim as well. The form as well as the specific iteration of the Thomas Godwin mark date it c. mid 1830s, and it is closer to full scale than child