Collection Highlights
Ma-Nuncue
Date:
After 1826
Object Number:
PR.221.58
Medium:
Engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Child's cup
Object Number:
INV.13421
Date:
1820-1840
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/2 x 3 3/4 x 2 5/8 in. ( 6.4 x 9.5 x 6.7 cm )
Marks:
printed: in black on outside of cup: "DR. FRANKLIN'S MAXIMS/NOW I HAVE A SHEEP/AND A COW EVERYBODY BIDS ME GOOD-MORROW/DILIGENCE IS THE MOTHER OF GOOD LUCK"
Description:
Cylindrical pearlware child's cup with black transfer-printed image of a man with a cow and sheep being greeted by a man on a horse, with green, blue, yellow, and red highlights; inscription on opposite side of sheep.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
