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Children's Mug

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1810

GUSN

GUSN-44044

Description

Pearlware children's mug. Blue transfer-printed scene on a lake. Swans in the lake surrounded by willow trees. Two houses of varying size, one a cottage, the other a manor house sit in the background

Details

Descriptive Terms

mugs
earthenware
pearlware
transfer printing
Knickknack
Mug, Decorative
Mug, Decorative

Inscription

"Present/ for a good Girl." (Transfer-printed in blue)

Additional Identification Number

MJ1970.868

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

2 1/2 (H), 2 1/2 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Miss Margaret Jewell

Accession Number

1970.1310.868

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