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Children's earthenware mug. Black transfer-printed design on mug. Image is of a child holding rifle aimed at butterfly. Maternal figure supporting the rifle from underneath. Hand and interior lip has a pattern of alternating upside down triangles.
mugs
earthenware
transfer printing
Mug
"SEPTEMBER/ Turn little Sportsman turn thine eyes, To wound the gaudy Butterfly,/ And thus prepare thy playful aim/ For future years, more tempting game." (Transfer-printing)
MJ1970.17
Unknown
2 (H), 2 1/4 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Miss Margaret Jewell
1970.1310.17
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