Let Us Open His Basket (and Take and Hide What We Find) ...Metaphoric for the Moment .c. 1840s Staffordshire Child's Plate folk art carriage likely 1970s or so

likely 1970s or so

and a little loss along the side of the base too

but here's a handful together

1 7/16” x 5/8 x 3/4 and in excellent condition

with very little paint loss

Let Us Open His Basket (and Take and Hide What We Find) ...Metaphoric for the Moment .c. 1840s Staffordshire Child's Plate folk art carriage likely 1970s or soA number of 19th century British transfer decorated pieces made for children today, which I really just can't get enough of but each of which I choose for their own specific reasons. Many of these represented games and various sorts of play, sometimes strange or curious ones, but this one struck me as especially timely in a critique of the present moment sort of way: a group of young men (looking quite like commanders or oligarchs in training)