mug (food service)

Two handled cider mug with transfer decoration of agricultural tools and inscriptions 'God Speed the Plough' on ones side, the other reading: LET THE WEALTHY AND GREAT/ROLL IN SPLENDOUR AND STATE/I ENVY THEM NOT I DECLARE IT/I EAT MY OWN LAMB/ MY OWN CHICKENS AND HAM/I SHEAR MY OWN FLEECE AND I WEAR IT/I HAVE LAWNS I HAVE BOWERS/I HAVE FRUITS I HAVE FLOWERS/THE LARK IS MY MORNING ALARMER/SO JOLLY BOWS NOW/HERE'S GOD SPEED THE PLOUGH/LONG LIFE AND SUCCESS TO THE FARMER.' to left and right of this are sheaves of corn; below on a sroll the words 'INDUSTRY PRODUCETH WEALTH' . Glazed.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
35.64
PLACE
COLLECTION
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
clay
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
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