Blind Man's Buff Antique Staffordshire Pearlware Child's Cup antique turned blonde wood box very finely carved on all

very finely carved on all sides and stained a terrific near-black

I think especially nice in the winter months with a few little branches of berries

with one tiny flaw

it screws closed easily and stays tight

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Blind Man's Buff Antique Staffordshire Pearlware Child's Cup antique turned blonde wood box very finely carved on allI've recently fallen deeply in love with English 19th century transfer ware combining text and illustration, like this pearlware Staffordshire child's cup, c. 1830s 40s, I believe. Staffordshire produced a whole series of child's cups featuring children playing games (leap frog, shuttlecock, playing at marbles, etc.) this one pictures "Blind Man's Buff" (yes, Buff, meaning "small push, which preceeded Bluff as the name for the tag like game, also