Mug
- Object Name:
- Mug
- Object ID:
- 1980.047.15
- Place of Origin:
- Yorkshire, England
- Date:
- 1775-1800
- Description:
- Mug. Creamware with clear glaze. Cylindrical body with applied loop handle with plain terminals, slightly recessed bottom with flat foot. Red enamel band painted around exterior rim. Black transfer printed floral oval cartouche with blue, y;yellow, red and green hand-painted enamel highlights on front of body. Poem printed in cartouche in black block letters on front: "My Profit's small, my Dealings just. / My Liquor's good, I cannot trust: / My care here is no Man's forrow. / You'll pay today, I'll trust to morrow." Oval pressure sensitive label on bottom: "M213"
- Material:
- Ceramic
Earthenware - Creamware - Dimensions:
- H-3.9 W-4 Dia-2.9 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of a large collection of 18th- & 19th-century ceramics, given by their collector, Alma (Mrs. Harold G.) Duckworth (1899-2003).
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Alma Duckworth
- People:
- Duckworth, Alma (1899-2003)
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