C. 1830s Staffordshire "Circulating Library" Child's Transferware Cup pipe and often incorporate tools carved

and often incorporate tools carved from antler

Very good antique condition with nice dry wood patina

this is just about a perfect thing

color of thread is off white / ecru

Nunavut Territory in Canada and I believe dates to the 1980s

C. 1830s Staffordshire "Circulating Library" Child's Transferware Cup pipe and often incorporate tools carvedIt was a great week for finding antique transferware children's cups; this is one of two I am listing, both rare and I think just fabulous this one humorously representing a circulating library, books flying everywhere in a gust of wind. Preceding public libraries, in the 18th and 19th c. circulating libraries were important (for profilt) social and cultural institutions in Britain and America, providing for a subscription fee the rising middle class