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Children's Mug

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1815

GUSN

GUSN-43468

Description

Pearlware children's mug with black transfer-printed design, alphabet theme, and overpainting in yellow and red. Two main images on mug; one is of a family gathered in their garden and second is a group of possibly men in the desert, possibly the Three Magi or Three Wisemen.

Details

Descriptive Terms

mugs
earthenware
pearlware
transfer printing
overpainting (technique)
Mug
Mug

Inscription

"C / D" (Transfer-printed in black and over-painted in yellow)

Additional Identification Number

MJ1970.267

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

2 1/2 (H), 2 1/2 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Miss Margaret Jewell

Accession Number

1970.1310.267

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