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Earthenware children's mug. Yellow glazed band around body with narrow slate blue band of glaze at rim. Black transfer printed designs. On one side, "The Chaffinch," a songbird with striped wings, and on the other side, "The Sheldrake" (shelduck).
mugs
earthenware
transfer printing
Mug
Mug
"THE CHAFFINCH" (Black transfer print.)
"THE SHELDRAKE" (printed)
MJ1970.846
Unknown
2 5/8 (H), 2 5/8 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Miss Margaret Jewell
1970.1310.846
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