Innocence is a Lovely Ornament, Early 19th C. Canaryware Child's Mug country kitchen painted essentially the same on

painted essentially the same on both sides

turning the whole thing into a present

The paint is pretty stable

Of course what I really care about it this fabulous image of a young man in his porosknit suit

There is some paint loss around the lip and on the body decoration and some scattered stains/smudges

Innocence is a Lovely Ornament, Early 19th C. Canaryware Child's Mug country kitchen painted essentially the same onAnother 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