Tis a Very Good World, Tis the Very Worst World...Scarce Mid 19th Century Sunderland Pink Lustre, Transfer Decorated Plate child's cup and plate and what better name to

and what better name to find on one than "B

Among the pages of the story he's done four illustrations--the first two in watercolor

I'm guessing 1920s-1940s and quite a sweet little thing I think

This is a "toy" watercolor set

The "cover"

Tis a Very Good World, Tis the Very Worst World...Scarce Mid 19th Century Sunderland Pink Lustre, Transfer Decorated Plate child's cup and plate and what better name toThe transfer decoration on this c. mid 19th century Sunderland plate was not perfectly executed (as is not at all uncommon) and the hand painting not done with a whole lot of precision, either (the globe at top, for example, just given a general sort of dab of that pale lemon yellow). But the effect to my eye is formally lovely, lending a sort of soft dreaminess to the whole thing, amplified further by the splashed pink lustre rim. And yet then a