Pearlware children's mug with black transfer-printed image of a young person riding a donkey.
mugs
earthenware
pearlware
transfer printing
Knickknack
Mug, Decorative
Mug, Decorative
"This rustic maid enjoys her ride/ Her Donkeys sleekness is her pride/ If not the swiftest of his race/ No beast can trot with surer pace" (Transfer-printed)
MJ1970.1026
Unknown
2 1/2 (H), 2 1/2 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Miss Margaret Jewell
1970.1310.1026
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