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Earthenware children's mug. Tan glaze with brown transfer printed scenes. On one side, a hand cupped beside a fly on a table, with the caption "Fly not yet." On the other side, an elderly woman (?) whose bonnet and wig have been blown off in a strong wind, with the caption "Blow gentle gales." The woman holds onto an iron fence, while two faces watch from a window.
mugs
earthenware
transfer printing
Mug
Mug
"Fly not yet." (Brown transfer print.)
"Blow gentle gales." (printed)
MJ1970.1070
Unknown
2 3/8 (H), 2 1/2 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Miss Margaret Jewell
1970.1310.1070
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