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Children's mug with inscription in the center. Banner with the words "INNOCENT PLAY" inside; banner undulates over main inscription. Smudged floral decorations flank the inscription. Hand-painting over transfer-printed rust-brown design. Orange paint lines the upper rim of mug.
mugs
earthenware
transfer printing
Mug
"INNOCENT PLAY/Abroad in the meadows, to see the young lambs/ Run sporting about by the side of their dams,/ With fleeces so clean and so white;/ Or a nest of young doves in a large open cage,/ When they play all in love, without anger and rage." (Rust-colored brown transfer-printed)
MJ1970.2
Unknown
2 (H), 2 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Miss Margaret Jewell
1970.1310.2
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