Innocence is a Lovely Ornament, Early 19th C. Canaryware Child's Mug antique paint set Panel is 10" x 2

Panel is 10" x 2 5/8"

Just a fabulous kid made birthday card--the pink cake with yellow bowl of what I'd guess are strawberries (or maybe apples from the tree

) Missing one glass eye as evident and one hand

" which is pretty amusing

and the scoop in his hand and the neat bow of his apron tied behind his back

Innocence is a Lovely Ornament, Early 19th C. Canaryware Child's Mug antique paint set Panel is 10" x 2Another embodiment of my never ending obsession with very old things bearing phrases that feeling newly resonant in the present. Very early 19th century, this is a scarce one, and early children's mugs in brilliant canary yellow tend to be the more precious among them. Originally, and especially as a lesson for children, "Innocence is a Lovely Ornament," would have signified the attractiveness of innocence, a trait to be held onto and cherished but