Earthenware children's mug. Blue transfer printed design. On one side, a verse from the ballad "The Diverting History of John Gilpin." On the other side, two men standing in front of a horse. Over painted with red, blue, yellow, and orange. Shaped base with loop handle and leaf terminals.
mugs
earthenware
transfer printing
Mug
Mug
"JOHN GILPIN / I come because your horse would come: / And if I well forbode, / My hat and wig will soon be here, / They are upon the road." (Blue transfer print.)
MJ1970.1028
Unknown
2 1/2 (H), 2 3/4 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Miss Margaret Jewell
1970.1310.1028
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