Earthenware children's mug. Black transfer-printed design that represents the inscription, "The History of the House that Jack Built."
mugs
earthenware
transfer printing
Knickknack
Mug, Decorative
Mug, Decorative
"THE HISTORY OF THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT/ This is the Cow with the/ crumpled Horn that tossed/ the Dog that worried the/ Cat that killed the Rat / that eat the Malt/ that lay in the House/ that Jack built." (Transfer-printed)
MJ1970.534
Unknown
2 1/2 (H), 2 1/4 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Miss Margaret Jewell
1970.1310.534
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