Early Vernon Child's Mug Elephant Jumping Through Hoop & Rabbit Friends

Description

Heavy old child’s pottery mug shaped like a little shaving mug, 2 5/8” tall, rolled at the top to 3 1/8” across the top. On each side, a different fanciful color image: on one, dog waits for an elephant to jump through a hoop; on the other, two old rabbits in men’s suits walk in the rain, unaccountably over the caption, “Sweethearts.” It’s signed, but the signature is very light, and I couldn’t photograph it. I think it’s an early Vernon China mark, with a large ‘V’. Very good condition; most of the gold has been worn from the rim; no chips, cracks, scratches, stains, or loss of image or color.
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Buyer pays actual postage; there is no handling fee. Priority postage rates increased about 4% on January 24.
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Postcards and paper items are packed in poly sleeves with corrugated cardboard and sent in a padded mailer, for which USPS charges First Class parcel rate. This is new: First Class postage now varies with distance.
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