Innocence is a Lovely Ornament, Early 19th C. Canaryware Child's Mug country kitchen Framed: 8 3/4" x 6

Framed: 8 3/4" x 6 3/4"

Easy to frame just showing the drawing--quite a striking little piece

and a bow drawn around the brim of his bowler

turning the whole thing into a present

Innocence is a Lovely Ornament, Early 19th C. Canaryware Child's Mug country kitchen Framed: 8 3/4" x 6Another 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