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Children's Mug

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1810

GUSN

GUSN-44195

Description

Pearlware children's mug with black transfer-printed image of a young person riding a donkey.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Inscription

"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)

Additional Identification Number

MJ1970.1026

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Bequest of Miss Margaret Jewell

Accession Number

1970.1310.1026

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