Victorian Watercolor of Small Tarn near the Summit of Nan Bield Pass, Lake District, 1861 ceramic bird It measures 9 1/2" in

It measures 9 1/2" in diameter x 2 1/2" tall

Staffordshire produced a whole series of child's cups featuring children playing games (leap frog

I'd guess they date from sometime between the 1910s-1930s

but a joyful and fantastic looking way to to get it done

I've never seen another set with pairs made by two unlike halves that come together to form one phrase and image (rather than pairs of two identical cards) --and what wonderful images and phrases they are

Victorian Watercolor of Small Tarn near the Summit of Nan Bield Pass, Lake District, 1861 ceramic bird It measures 9 1/2" inThis watercolor comes from a collection of landscape by an unknown artist portraying landscapes from the Lake District and Isle of Wright in the UK popular travel destinations of the era; this was done in 1861. It reminds one that prior to the popularity of picture postcards and personal cameras, making a watercolor would have been the way to document and later share one's travels. This one nicely frames a view of a small tarn near the summit of Nan