Innocence is a Lovely Ornament, Early 19th C. Canaryware Child's Mug vintage colored pencil drawing and a great object

and a great object

where it would swing and rattle in the breeze like a wind chime

with his pink cheeks hand-tinted

I found this sweet mid 19th century graphite and watercolor of a horse drawn carriage in Upstate New York last week

I might guess 1950s or so but am not completely sure

Innocence is a Lovely Ornament, Early 19th C. Canaryware Child's Mug vintage colored pencil drawing and a great objectAnother 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