Rare 19th Century Lustreware Ale Measure with Transfers marble fruit it still swivels smoothy but

it still swivels smoothy but is a hair off flush when closed

and found it such a lovely and surprising thing

I believe this sweet cast lead polar bear was made by Britains

Hand-embroidered black eyes

Rare 19th Century Lustreware Ale Measure with Transfers marble fruit it still swivels smoothy butI really love antique children's cups incorporating transfer text, but this is the first cup without a handle I've found, which, given the poem on one side, it didn't take me too long to figure out is an ale measure! I can't find its match out there, but I did find a few lustreware graduated sets of three, so perhaps this was once part of a set, 19th c. British I am sure. I love the combination of drinking poem on one side paired with image of mother