A Present From Battle, Unusual Excellent Condition 19th C. Hand-painted Creamware Child's Mug White House red roof Included is a small page

Included is a small page of notes

and which could serve as vessels for all sorts of creative arrangements

but with aura

with lid that fits nicely and opens easily

(A bit like "follies" in French and English gardens

A Present From Battle, Unusual Excellent Condition 19th C. Hand-painted Creamware Child's Mug White House red roof Included is a small pageA very lovely lovely one, this is a hand painted not transfer decorated child's mug, c. 1810, British I believe. One often sees children's mugs from this period bearing phrases beginning with "A Present" i. e. "A present for a dear child" or a "A present for Thomas" or "A present from an affectionate father" but I have never seen "A Present from Battle" and can't find another out there like it anywhere. How poignant and vivid to imagine a parent