Theo, thanks for your interesting post. I forwarded your image to Ron Fuchs, author of the Antiques Journal article you have noted. He does not recognize the pattern on your shard, and feels it is a bit "jovial" in any case to be placed on a piece of abolition ceramics. This had been my thought also. When I have a chance I'll wade through the children's category patterns on our Database and see if I come up with anything useful for you. We thank you for your posting!