WARNING: C. 1830s Staffordshire Pearlware Child's Cup swivel frames with a red marble one

with a red marble one is trying to progress from one to the other (and the box text assuring us that it can be done

the legs brass

or a pen of vulnerable sheep

Usually the mends take the form of corners reinforced with metal strips and extra nails

It took me a moment to place this curious creature

WARNING: C. 1830s Staffordshire Pearlware Child's Cup swivel frames with a red marble oneI love an antique Staffordshire transfer decorated child's cup combining text and image, and was struck by this one for the unusualness of its one word caption WARNING giving the whole thing a certain ominousness. These cups were certainly used to impart lessons of sorts, so this feels perhaps akin to picturing a fire drill or duck and cover exercise but compared to similar cups from the period that usually depicted games like 'playing at marbles' or