Pearlware children's mug. Transfer-printed blue circular wreath surrounds inscription. Blue hand-painted lines encircle the exterior upper and lower lip/rim of mug.
mugs
earthenware
transfer printing
pearlware
Knickknack
Mug, Decorative
Mug, Decorative
"EVENING SONG./ I lay my body down to sleep,/ Let angels guard my head,/ And through the hours of darkness keep/ Their watch around my bed." (Transfer-printed in blue)
MJ1970.1080
Unknown
2 1/2 (H), 2 1/2 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Miss Margaret Jewell
1970.1310.1080
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