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1830-1840
GUSN-15617
White body with lobed rim; dark brown printed image of supplicant, chained slave near palm tree (taken from emblem of English Society for the Abolition of Slave Trade. Lobed, footed with scrolled Q-shape handle.
teacups
transfer printing
porcelain
emancipation
slavery
Cup
Teacup
Teacup
Unknown
3 3/8 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Alice and Emil Ahlborn
1961.168L
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