Green mug with Harlem Toile picnic vignette

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A green bone china mug from the Wedgwood X Sheila Bridges collaboration, featuring the picnic vignette from Bridges' Harlem Toile de Jouy design. This is a round mug with tall straight sides and a curved handle. The exterior is wrapped in a bright green and the interior, bottom, and handle of the mug are white and edged with black. Depicted on one side of the mug is a picnic scene of a young man and woman in 18th century clothing seated on the ground under a tree. She is seated cross-legged and holds a fried chicken leg in both hands in front of her. There is a whole watermelon and slices of watermelon on the ground behind her. The man sits across from her, reaching for a plate of food on the ground in between them.

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