Earthenware children's mug. Black transfer-printed design of rectangle decorated with scrolls and punctuated by shells in the upper two corners. A "Holy Bible" centers the top of the rectangle. Within the rectangle, there is an inscription, "MARTHA".
mugs
earthenware
transfer printing
Mug
Mug
"MARTHA" (Transfer-printing; white letters with black outlines)
MJ1970.233
Unknown
2 1/2 (H), 2 1/2 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Miss Margaret Jewell
1970.1310.233
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