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Earthenware children's mug. Brown faded images made through transfer-printing. One image of a fish lying on its side and another of an insect flying around a garden with a potted plant urn.
mugs
earthenware
transfer printing
Knickknack
Mug, Decorative
Mug, Decorative
"COCK [Illegible]/ Whose [illegible]/ I said the Fly/ With thy little eye/ And I saw him die/ Who caught his blood/ I said the fish/ With my little dish/ And I caught his blood." (Faded text; transfer printed)
MJ1970.1184
Unknown
3 (H), 2 1/2 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Miss Margaret Jewell
1970.1310.1184
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