The Little Plunderer, Early 19th C. Staffordshire Child's Mug his and her nude bookends On the underside of this

On the underside of this charming carved wooden bird's base is written the following: "1974 / Jamaica W

So graphically striking

Folky and striking at once

is Victorian

The Little Plunderer, Early 19th C. Staffordshire Child's Mug his and her nude bookends On the underside of thisAnother antique Staffordshire child's mug, because I can't get enough of these, though I'm increasingly picky about the ones I like. In this case it's the title "the little plunderer" that drew me because plundering seems as much of the moment as it ever was! The particular plunderer in question here, though, seems not to be this fancified boy but rather the bird perched on his finger though it seems quite likely there's satire at play here, or