1830s Very Scarce Stone China Transfeware Mug with Dogs and Cats steeples All in very very good

All in very very good condition

Plus with the effect of the text appearing as if double when viewed at certain angles

I Sometimes I find these glazes a bit much

where there are also two embossed marks

hinges well attached

1830s Very Scarce Stone China Transfeware Mug with Dogs and Cats steeples All in very very goodI can't find documentation of the likeness of this one anywhere out there, and no real wonder who would ever part with these pups on one side and cats on the other? The tan underglaze is the akin to the flat, light tan one sees on early mochaware, and here a great decorative transfer border on the interior rim as well. The form as well as the specific iteration of the Thomas Godwin mark date it c. mid 1830s, and it is closer to full scale than child