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Earthenware mug. Black transfer printed design featuring an oval with a portrait of George Washington at center, flanked by two classically dressed figures. With hand painted brown band just below rim.
mugs
earthenware
transfer printing
Knickknack
Mug, Decorative
Mug, Decorative
"Deafness to the Ear that will patintly hear / & Dumbness to the Tongue that will utter / a Calumny against the immortal Washington" (Black transfer print.)
"My Favorite Son" (printed)
MJ1970.520
Unknown
3 1/2 (H), 2 3/4 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Miss Margaret Jewell
1970.1310.520
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