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Children's Mug

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1825

GUSN

GUSN-43561

Description

Pearlware children's mug. Blue transfer print design of flowers and c-scrolls is the backdrop for the inscription, "A Present for James". On the opposite side of the mug, there is a blue transfer-print image of a ruin in the background and two small figures in the foreground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

mugs
earthenware
pearlware
transfer printing
C-scrolls
Knickknack
Mug, Decorative
Mug, Decorative

Inscription

"A PRESENT/ FOR/ JAMES" (Transfer-printing)

Additional Identification Number

MJ1970.362

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Bequest of Miss Margaret Jewell

Accession Number

1970.1310.362

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