Children's earthenware mug. Green transfer-printed design. Left of inscription is a woman with rake, speaking to two seat gentlemen. Trees in background. To the right of the inscription is a man with a farming implement speaking with a girl holding a lunch basket. House in background.
mugs
earthenware
pearlware
transfer printing
Mug
"THE SEASONS/ JUNE./ The mower now at morning blithe/ Thick falls the swath/ before his scythe." (Transfer-printed)
MJ1970.149
Unknown
2 1/2 (H), 2 1/2 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Miss Margaret Jewell
1970.1310.149
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