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Earthenware children's mug. Two images in black made through transfer printing; these images are separated by handle. One image shows the cat with a rat in its mouth; the other has the rat inside the open malt bag. This follows the theme of the inscription.
mugs
earthenware
transfer printing
Knickknack
Mug, Decorative
Mug, Decorative
"THE HISTORY OF THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT" (Transfer-printed)
"This is the Cat/ that killed the Rat/ that eat the Malt/ that lay in the House that Jack built." (printed)
MJ1970.604
Unknown
2 1/2 (H), 2 1/2 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Miss Margaret Jewell
1970.1310.604
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