SOLD From an Affectionate Father, Early 19th Century Staffordshire Child's Plate carved rock Links measure about 1 1/2"

Links measure about 1 1/2" long each

and this one--filled with various sorts of fishing line

and I think it's a terrific

I love the bright eyes and clasped hands of the four figures facing us

rather --both quite the characters

SOLD From an Affectionate Father, Early 19th Century Staffordshire Child's Plate carved rock Links measure about 1 1/2"My favorite, and the most precious, early British transferware child's cups and dishes are ones incorporating this style of text and they to me also bear a strong kinship to late 18th c. Bilston and Battersea enamel trinket boxes. This is a scarce one including for speaking of the affections of a father (so many more about mothers!) and what excellent faces on the "little men" pictured with hoop and on teeter totter! A perfect gift from a father to a