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Children's earthenware mug. Black transfer-printed design on mug. Upside-down triangle design inside upper lip of mug and handle, alternating between black outlined triangle with no fill, but cross emenating downward from triangle point and triangle filled with black dots. Ancient scene of woman carrying a sling of grapes while placing her child on the back of a goat.
mugs
earthenware
transfer printing
Mug
"OCTOBER/ See how the blushing clusters shine/ Just gather'd from the yielding vine,/ The Time may come when thy red lip, may from the cup the Nectar sip." (Transfer-printing)
MJ1970.232
Unknown
2 3/8 (H), 2 1/4 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Miss Margaret Jewell
1970.1310.232
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