Earthenware mug with maroon transfer-printed design of undulating flowers. Flowers are over-painted in greens and pinks. Pink luster accents the handle and encircles the upper lip.
mugs
earthenware
transfer printing
lusterware
overpainting (technique)
Mug
"GRACE BEFORE MEAT/ Be present at our Table LORD/ Be here and every where ador'd/ These Creatures bless and grant that we/ May live to dwell in Paradise with thee." (Transfer-printed in maroon)
MJ1970.41
Unknown
Bequest of Miss Margaret Jewell
1970.1310.41
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