Children's earthenware mug. Black transfer-printed design, elaborate interconnected triangles create the background for the mug. They interrupted by two circles, showcasing the letters "E" and "F". E shows an emperor seated on a throne, with a line of columns in the background. F is represented by a tavern scene, complete with a fiddler.
mugs
earthenware
transfer printing
Mug
Mug
"E/ was an emperor/ that rul'd in fear/ F/ was a fiddler/ that fiddled for beer" (Transfer-printed)
MJ1970.180
Unknown
2 1/4 (H), 2 3/4 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Miss Margaret Jewell
1970.1310.180
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