Made Do Hybrid: 18th C. Hand-painted Chinese Export Tea Cup with Riveted Replacement Handle tarot painting I love how little the

I love how little the little house is in relation to the big one

with lids on to keep it warm

with those fabulous four tucked legs ending in claws down the front

not matched on the other side

Every surface and detail of this wonderful antique British tramp art coin bank box is was carefully attended to

Made Do Hybrid: 18th C. Hand-painted Chinese Export Tea Cup with Riveted Replacement Handle tarot painting I love how little theI was delighted to find this one of a kind hybrid in Maine this week a late 18th century Chinese export porcelain tea cup with bird and gilded wheat sheaf, which, long long ago lost its handle and was riveted with a replacement borrowed from another. Of a kin to antique staple repaired pieces and to vessels mended with metal handles and bases, but it seems examples of porcelain handles wedded to porcelain vessels are especially rare. (Andrew Basemen's