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Porcelain teacup with loop handle, part of a teacup and saucer set. Features the children's nursery rhyme "Little Tom Tucker" with an illustration on one side of a standing boy and two seated girls, and on the other side, one verse of the nursery rhyme.
porcelain
transfer printing
lusterware
Cup
Teacup
Teacup
"Little Tom Tucker" (Brown transfer print.)
"Little Tom Tucker, sang for his supper / What did he sing for, White bread & butte[r] / How could he cut it, Without e'er a knife? / How could he marry, Without e'er a wife? (printed)
"Royal Doulton / England" (Green print with logo, bottom.)
"COPYRIGHT NURSERY RHYMES" (Brown print, bottom.)
1990.256A
Royal Doulton (Manufacturer)
2 1/4 (H), 3 1/2 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Susan Norton
1990.256.1
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