Blind Man's Buff Antique Staffordshire Pearlware Child's Cup vintage animal While it is more common

While it is more common to find hand-painted bluebirds like these on ceramic pieces than on glass

with an opening of 4" across at lip and 3 3/4" diameter at base

is written 75 c

These hand-carved wooden ducks

Blind Man's Buff Antique Staffordshire Pearlware Child's Cup vintage animal While it is more commonI've recently fallen deeply in love with English 19th century transfer ware combining text and illustration, like this pearlware Staffordshire child's cup, c. 1830s 40s, I believe. Staffordshire produced a whole series of child's cups featuring children playing games (leap frog, shuttlecock, playing at marbles, etc.) this one pictures "Blind Man's Buff" (yes, Buff, meaning "small push, which preceeded Bluff as the name for the tag like game, also