Rare 19th Century Lustreware Ale Measure with Transfers Japanese pottery but is a fairly unusual

but is a fairly unusual one from what I've found in its minimalism

as I think they are really terrific just as singular things (and together demand some space

39 12" long x 9/16" wide

I've searched but not found another like it

Rare 19th Century Lustreware Ale Measure with Transfers Japanese pottery but is a fairly unusualI really love antique children's cups incorporating transfer text, but this is the first cup without a handle I've found, which, given the poem on one side, it didn't take me too long to figure out is an ale measure! I can't find its match out there, but I did find a few lustreware graduated sets of three, so perhaps this was once part of a set, 19th c. British I am sure. I love the combination of drinking poem on one side paired with image of mother