Earthenware children's mug. Shaped base and ear-shaped handle. Painted dark blue ground surrouding scalloped oval frame with red transfer printed scene. Scene includes a man wearing pointed shoes walking in front of a chinoiserie railing. Over painted with green, blue, and yellow. Accents and line around rim in gold luster.
mugs
earthenware
transfer printing
lusterware
Orientalism
Mug
Mug
MJ1970.227
Unknown
2 (H), 2 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Miss Margaret Jewell
1970.1310.227
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