Earthenware children's mug. Black transfer-printed design of a women leaning over a balcony to watch a young man horse racing, inscription included.
mugs
earthenware
transfer printing
Knickknack
Mug, Decorative
Mug, Decorative
"JOHN GILPIN/ At Edmonton, his loving wife/ From the balcony spied/ Her tender husband wondering much/ To see how he did ride." (Transfer-printing)
MJ1970.1022
Unknown
2 1/2 (H), 2 1/2 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Miss Margaret Jewell
1970.1310.1022
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