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Date1830-1860
Terms
- Mugs
- Ceramic
- Staffordshire
Dimensions5.08 × 5.08 cm (2 × 2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. William Kussin, B. Alcott Pratt and F.W. Pratt in memory of their mother, Mrs. F. Alcott Pratt (1935)
Object numberC1182
DescriptionEarthenware. Handle leafed top and bottom. A large and a small chip in rim, small one on bottom. In puce color in front is written: Flowers That Never Fade Contemplation. Lord, what is life, - 'Tis like a flow'r, That blossoms & is gone'. We see it flourish for an hour With all its beauty on. On one side a rural scene, on the other girls looking at plants.
