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Children's Mug

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1820

GUSN

GUSN-43562

Description

Earthenware children's mug with mustard yellow background. Elaborate floral motifs surround image of a young woman playing a tambourine-like instrument in a village center. Transfer-printed, black.

Details

Descriptive Terms

mugs
earthenware
transfer printing
Knickknack
Mug, Decorative
Mug, Decorative

Inscription

"For my dear Girl" (Transfer-printed in black)

Additional Identification Number

MJ1970.363

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

2 1/4 (H), 2 1/4 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Miss Margaret Jewell

Accession Number

1970.1310.363

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