Stunning, Super Crisp Hand-painted c. mid 19th Century Mug with Greek Key Pattern brown with white stripes One can just make out

One can just make out the flutter of her eyelashes

with some light rusting

especially that hair

with that center weight helping to lend some force to the point of the pick when used to chip away at a block of ice

There are times when I am simply incapable of not buying something

Stunning, Super Crisp Hand-painted c. mid 19th Century Mug with Greek Key Pattern brown with white stripes One can just make outI purchased this bright white beauty of a mug with hand painted "Greek Key" decoration from a dealer in New Hampshire with always unexpected things at great prices; recently from him I grabbed a huge, fine, 18th Chinese export punch bowl with gorgeous staple repairs. I've done a fair bit of searching and can find no exact likeness, but turned up a couple of references, the most useful a c. 1863 Copeland (British) basic and pitcher with hand painted