A Present From Battle, Unusual Excellent Condition 19th C. Hand-painted Creamware Child's Mug German porcelain figurine especially for the rosy cheeked

especially for the rosy cheeked girl below the painted and crayoned flower on one side

Shame and disgrace attend vice

Initialed on reverse

which he became known for

morality and education

A Present From Battle, Unusual Excellent Condition 19th C. Hand-painted Creamware Child's Mug German porcelain figurine especially for the rosy cheekedA very lovely lovely one, this is a hand painted not transfer decorated child's mug, c. 1810, British I believe. One often sees children's mugs from this period bearing phrases beginning with "A Present" i. e. "A present for a dear child" or a "A present for Thomas" or "A present from an affectionate father" but I have never seen "A Present from Battle" and can't find another out there like it anywhere. How poignant and vivid to imagine a parent