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Creamware children's mug. Black transfer-printed designs, with patriotic text framed by laurel wreath and allegorical figure with anchor (above), sailing ship (left), and boy with sextant (right). Botanical design on reverse.
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In exhibition "Yankee Remix" at Mass. Mus. of Contemporary Art, May 24, 2003-April 2004.
"May the brave British Tar / the defence of the Nation / Off the Shoals of Adversity / ever steer clear. / May they have a bright Guinea / in every station. / To get Grog for a Friend / when life's in the rear." (Black transfer-printed text)
MJ1970.591
Unknown
3 x 2 3/4 (HxW) (inches)
Bequest of Miss Margaret Jewell
1970.1310.591
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