Let Us Open His Basket (and Take and Hide What We Find) ...Metaphoric for the Moment .c. 1840s Staffordshire Child's Plate Eastern European textile I purchased this one because

I purchased this one because of the beautiful marbled covers

which to me gives it even more of an otherworldly feel

but this guy is just his own thing--I've seen similar described as butcher shop display pieces

3 3/4” t

Let Us Open His Basket (and Take and Hide What We Find) ...Metaphoric for the Moment .c. 1840s Staffordshire Child's Plate Eastern European textile I purchased this one becauseA number of 19th century British transfer decorated pieces made for children today, which I really just can't get enough of but each of which I choose for their own specific reasons. Many of these represented games and various sorts of play, sometimes strange or curious ones, but this one struck me as especially timely in a critique of the present moment sort of way: a group of young men (looking quite like commanders or oligarchs in training)