Description:
An English pearlware mug decorated with black transfer portrait of Benjamin Franklin with the inscription "BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Born at Boston in New England 17 Jan 1706 L.L.D. F.R.S.". The straight-sided mug has a coil handle.

Subjects:
Pottery; Enamel and enameling; glaze (coating by location)

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