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Earthenware children's mug. Cylindrical with loop handle. Black transfer print with "Dr. Franklin's Poor Richard" theme and inscriptions; one scene; and patterned triangles. Central image of a man, woman, and child standing in front of a large stone building.
mugs
earthenware
transfer printing
Mug
"THE WAY TO WEALTH/ OR/ DR FRANKLIN'S/ Poor Richard/ ILLUSTRATED"
(Black transfer print)
"BEING LESSONS FOR YOUTH/ ON/ INDUSTRY/ Temperance/ FRUGALITY &.c"
"For age & want / save while you may no morning sun / lasts all the day."
"Experience / keeps a dear School but Fools will / learn in no other."
MJ1970.283
Unknown
2 1/2 (H), 2 5/8 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Miss Margaret Jewell
1970.1310.283
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