Children's earthenware mug. Black transfer printed image to the right of inscription. In the background, there is a thatched cottage and in the foreground, mother comforting child.
mugs
earthenware
transfer printing
Mug
"JULY./ The anxious Mother strives in pain/ To tempt the Imp to School again/ the path of Learning now appears/ To be bedewed with flowing tears." (Transfer printing)
MJ1970.550
Unknown
2 1/4 (H), 2 1/4 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Miss Margaret Jewell
1970.1310.550
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