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Children's Mug

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1820

GUSN

GUSN-43332

Description

Earthenware children's mug. Dark maroon transfer-printed design of a baby in a cradle in a tree branch.

Details

Descriptive Terms

mugs
earthenware
transfer printing
Mug
Mug

Inscription

"GRANDMAMMA'S TALES/ Hush a bye Baby on the Tree top./ When the wind blows, the Cradle will rock./ When the Bough bends, the Cradle will fall./ Down will come Baby, Bough, Cradle and all." (Transfer-printing)

Additional Identification Number

MJ1970.122

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

2 1/2 (H), 2 1/2 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Miss Margaret Jewell

Accession Number

1970.1310.122

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