Grace Before Meat, c. 1830s Satirical Staffordshire Transferware Child's Mug Santos head I purchased this old brass

I purchased this old brass boot at an estate sale at the family home of the former Plant Engineer at The United Shoe Machinery Company in Beverly

One last one from a number of drawings I've list by the same (surely quite young) maker

as if watching

including seemingly hundreds of complete first edition sets of various adventure series for young readers

Grace Before Meat, c. 1830s Satirical Staffordshire Transferware Child's Mug Santos head I purchased this old brassYou know I love these 19th c. Staffordshire transferware child's mugs, and this is a weird one! Most often, they depict children engaged in various games learning lessons of one sort of another, but this one features adults only (who feel quite Gorey esque to me), one seeming to gesture to the other to be seated at the table, but with text overhead reminding "Grace before Meat." Great details, including a series of pictures hanging on the wall. I am