Ladies Be Free... c. 1850 Thomas Fell & Co. Child's Cup and Saucer naughty figure I really love the long

I really love the long

who attended the School for Arts and Crafts at Essen in 1921 and the Dusseldorf Academy from 1922 to 1923

perfectly round heads against bright white on this one makes it feel a bit like a die (as in dice)

this beautifully carved green soapstone ladies leg

With some research I discovered a post about this exact tin by a German blogger and dedicated collector of repair kit boxes

Ladies Be Free... c. 1850 Thomas Fell & Co. Child's Cup and Saucer naughty figure I really love the longOf course it's the "Ladies All I Pray Make Free" that sold me on this child's sized antique transferware cup and saucer, made, I've learned, by Thomas Fell & Co., Newcastle England, c. 1850 as per one of the same, in black, held in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. There's a bit of debate out there as to whether this should be classified as an early women's suffrage item; I think most likely it was not actually intended as such, but