Earthenware mug. Black transfer printed oval scene with a man and woman at ocean's edge and a ship in the background at left. Oval is framed at the top and sides by a decorative vine. An inscription is at the bottom of the oval.
mugs
earthenware
transfer printing
Mug
Mug
"TOM TRUELOVE GOING TO SEA. / What should tear me from the Arms of my dearest Polly, but the" (sic) (Black transfer print.)
MJ1970.908
Unknown
4 7/8 (H), 3 3/8 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Miss Margaret Jewell
1970.1310.908
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