Deer and Toad, Best Blue Transfer Decorated 19th C. Child's Mug ring dish perhaps composed by Crane himself

perhaps composed by Crane himself

Wonderfully modeled

dates I believe to the late 1800s

and a great little object whether or not one touches it

) These densely doodled end pages are the best though--pure visual stream of consciousness delights

Deer and Toad, Best Blue Transfer Decorated 19th C. Child's Mug ring dish perhaps composed by Crane himselfA slew of lovely animals crossed my path this week, which I scooped up one by one or two, with a deer on one side of this 19th c. British transfer decorated child's mug, and a toad (I believe, rather than a frog) on the other. With this marvelous blue ground that feels somewhat more like the moonlit sky of evening than the sky blue of day, or almost as if viewed through night vision goggles! 3" t x 3 5 16" d x 4 1 4" across at handle . One hairline