Dark green transfer-printed children's earthenware mug. A chain of upside-down triangles line the interior rim of the mugs as well as the handle. The inscription beginning with "January" is the majority of the mug, with a small scene of a child taking a small cake from a crouched female figure.
mugs
earthenware
transfer printing
Mug
"JANUARY/--/ How the rolling seasons vary/ Through the Year from January/ When the Infant smile awakes/ On New Years gifts & sugared cakes." (Dark green transfer-printed text)
MJ1970.325
Unknown
2 (H), 2 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Miss Margaret Jewell
1970.1310.325
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