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Children's mug with red and white transfer-printed design. Left of inscription, there is landscape, mansion and boat on a pond/lake. Right of inscription, there is a beggar and his dog asking for charity from a dignified mother and daughter.
mugs
earthenware
transfer printing
Mug
"FLOWERS THAT NEVER FADE / CHARITY / Oh! thank you, dear ladies, for / trying to cheer, / A heart that can only reply by a tear, / God reward you & yours for the / comforts you give, / And the prayers of an old man / be yours while you live." (Red transfer-printed)
MJ1970.293
Unknown
2.5 x 2.75 (HxW) (inches)
Bequest of Miss Margaret Jewell
1970.1310.293
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