Glorious, Very Scarce Pair of Early Marbled Mochaware Child's Mugs stark decoy The mask has been repaired

The mask has been repaired on the inside with what looks like a mix of a few different types of tape

and Zanzibar copal resin

) Plus wonderfully naive faces all around

each 1 5/8" x 3/4" x 3/8" d and in good

Glorious, Very Scarce Pair of Early Marbled Mochaware Child's Mugs stark decoy The mask has been repairedI'm always ogling early mochaware, which has gotten quite precious and believe these two early, small agate marbled mugs are just about my favorite pieces I've ever seen, feeling as if destined to land in my hands including for the fact that I've got a special weakness for child sized mugs, and finding mochaware versions of them is a rare occasion. I found a listing out there for one very very similar example with matching saucer ($750! or $550 for a