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Earthenware children's mug. Blue transfer printed scene with a girl in a long dress standing indoors, holding a bird cage high in her right hand while a cat chases behind her. A banner above reads "I must not let puss get at the birds." Hand painted blue line around rim and down handle.
mugs
earthenware
transfer printing
Mug
Mug
"I must not let Puss get at the Birds" (Blue transfer print.)
MJ1970.1033
Unknown
2 1/4 (H), 2 1/2 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Miss Margaret Jewell
1970.1310.1033
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