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Pearlware children's mug. Floral wreath transfer-printed image with "Holy Bible" and scroll of Proverbs laying on a cascading fabric. Flowers and leaves are overpainted in green, yellow, blue and pin. Inside the upper lip of the mug, there is a green line.
mugs
earthenware
pearlware
transfer printing
overpainting (technique)
Mug
Mug
"Search the Scriptures" (Transfer-printing)
MJ1970.166
Unknown
2 1/2 (H), 2 1/2 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Miss Margaret Jewell
1970.1310.166
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