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Mug

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

GUSN

GUSN-43502

Description

Earthenware mug. Faded black transfer printed image of a "Scene from Hamlet." A man leans on a shovel in a graveyard, with bones and a skull on the ground. Mug is hand painted with a black band around the rim.

Details

Descriptive Terms

mugs
earthenware
transfer printing
Mug
Mug

Inscription

"Scene from HAMLET" (Black transfer print (faded).)

Additional Identification Number

MJ1970.303

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

4 3/4 (H), 3 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Miss Margaret Jewell

Accession Number

1970.1310.303

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