Blind Man's Buff Antique Staffordshire Pearlware Child's Cup aluminum and the interior is black

and the interior is black lacquer

interplay of positive and negative/light and dark

It would certainly work well for this purpose -- and feel wonderful on one's neck

I find the needlework really amazing--and looking closely

one part Art Deco

Blind Man's Buff Antique Staffordshire Pearlware Child's Cup aluminum and the interior is blackI've recently fallen deeply in love with English 19th century transfer ware combining text and illustration, like this pearlware Staffordshire child's cup, c. 1830s 40s, I believe. Staffordshire produced a whole series of child's cups featuring children playing games (leap frog, shuttlecock, playing at marbles, etc.) this one pictures "Blind Man's Buff" (yes, Buff, meaning "small push, which preceeded Bluff as the name for the tag like game, also