A VICTORIAN SILVER MUG, by Edward Charles Brown, London 1876, of straight-sided tapering form with reeded handle, engraved in the style of Kate Greenaway with two girls at a window, further engraved with foliage and a monogram dated March 13 1877. 9.5cm high, 5.6 troy ounces Kate Greenaway (or Catherine Greenaway) (1846-1901) was a Victorian children’s book illustrator and writer. The daughter of a successful draftsman and wood engraver, she studied graphic design and art between 1858 and 1869. Her first book “Under the Window” was an instant best seller and brought her immediate fame and was followed by numerous highly successful publications. At the same time as her writing career, she also excelled as a watercolourist, working with illustrators Walter Crane and Randolph Caldecott. Her distinctive old fashioned style depicted children and young ladies dressed in early 19th Century costume in quaint settings, a style of grace and charm that transformed the children’s book market, her talent described by Walter Crane as “captivating the public in a remarkable way”