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Earthenware children's mug. Cylindrical with loop handle and leaf terminals. Black transfer printed "Franklin's Maxims" inscription, with outdoor scene of man on a horse tipping his hat, and man standing next to a cow. Overpainted with green, red, blue, and yellow.
mugs
earthenware
transfer printing
overpainting (technique)
Mug
"DR. FRANKLIN'S MAXIMS / NOW I HAVE A SHEEP / AND A COW EVERBODY BIDS ME / GOOD - MORROW // DILIGENCE IS THE MOTHER / OF GOOD LUCK." (Black transfer print)
MJ1970.676
Unknown
2 1/2 (H), 2 5/8 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Miss Margaret Jewell
1970.1310.676
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