Pearlware children's mug. Two distinct transfer-printed scenes in black; first, three men conversing on a field with farm equipment in the background and second, a woman and two children gather wheat into baskets with a farm house in the distance. Over painting in red, blue and yellow. Red lines encircle the lower and upper rim and lip of mug as well as the center of the handle. Another hand-painted line is a green line directly above the lowest exterior red one.
mugs
earthenware
transfer printing
Mug
Children's Clothing
Earthenware
Mug
MJ1970.626
Unknown
2 1/2 (H), 2 1/2 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Miss Margaret Jewell
1970.1310.626
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