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Children's Mug

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

GUSN

GUSN-44186

Description

Earthenware children's mug. Black transfer-printed image of a boy playing a fife, standing in a field with a fence behind him and a house in the distance to the right. Hand-painted band of pink lustre on rim.

Details

Descriptive Terms

mugs
earthenware
transfer printing
lusterware
Mug
Mug

Inscription

"A LITTLE FIFER" (Black transfer print.)

Additional Identification Number

MJ1970.1017

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

2 (H), 1 5/8 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Miss Margaret Jewell

Accession Number

1970.1310.1017

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