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Children's Mug

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

GUSN

GUSN-43701

Description

Earthenware children's mug. Brown transfer printed image titled "Kept in at School" with three pupils at a table and a seated teacher holding a wand. A fourth child stands on a low stool with a conical hat on his head.

Details

Descriptive Terms

mugs
earthenware
transfer printing
Mug
Mug

Inscription

"KEPT IN AT SCHOOL" (Brown transfer print.)

Additional Identification Number

MJ1970.508

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

2 1/2 (H), 2 3/4 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Miss Margaret Jewell

Accession Number

1970.1310.508

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