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Children's Mug

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1820

GUSN

GUSN-43686

Description

Pearlware children's mug. Blue transfer-printed scene of an idyllic town along a river. In the center is a circular white label containing blue letters of the inscription. Brown lines encircle the lower and upper, outer rims of the mug.

Details

Descriptive Terms

mugs
earthenware
transfer printing
Knickknack
Mug, Decorative
Mug, Decorative

Inscription

"Present/ for a good/ Boy." (Transfer-printed; blue)

Additional Identification Number

MJ1970.492

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Bequest of Miss Margaret Jewell

Accession Number

1970.1310.492

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