Late 19th Century Transfer Decorated Pearlware ABC Child's Plate, Organ Grinder and Frightened Children lever operated looks a bit crosseyed and

looks a bit crosseyed and so all the more empathetic

was I believe made by the Zanesville Stoneware Company

Great for kids but also nice just sitting around--or glue them all together to make a sculpture

some without

which is attached by brass screws at center

Late 19th Century Transfer Decorated Pearlware ABC Child's Plate, Organ Grinder and Frightened Children lever operated looks a bit crosseyed andPart of what I love about antique transfer decorated children's mugs and plates (sometimes collectively referred to as nurseryware) is how strange they often feel, and sometimes really rather dark which tends to feel to me much truer to the experience of childhood than teddy bears and unicorns! This plate, with raised ABC's around the perimeter, has a bit of that about it, with at least one of the children looking fairly traumatized by the approach of