Description:
Cylindrical-shaped, straight-sided pearlware mug with loop handle. The upper lip of the mug outlined in burgundy. The front of the mug decorated with a transfer print of a poetical verse in sepia, and enameled with yellow, iron-red, blue, and green with a rococo cartouche enclosing the verse. The verse, taken from English poet John Gay's (1685-1732) fable "The Raven, the Sexton, and the Earth Worm" reads, "Consider, man; weigh well thy frame; / The King, the beggar is the same. / Dust form'd us all Each breaths his day, / Then sinks into his native Clay." Two labels on the underside of the mug read, "Gina / Pearlware / 1800" and "W. Ambrose Harding. / 435 TE 34" Condition: The mug is in good condition with the exception of 2 hairline cracks that run horizontally across the front of the mug, several chips to the mug's rim, abrasions to the handle. and glaze crackled.
Subjects:
Pottery; Enamel and enameling; glaze (coating by location); polychrome Link to share this object record:
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