Earthenware children's mug. Cylindrical with handle (missing) with leaf terminals. Brown transfer printed "Franklin's Maxims" inscription flanked by a scene with a boat and arched bridge at left, and a scene with a boy in front of a door at right.
mugs
earthenware
transfer printing
Mug
"DR. FRANKLIN'S MAXIMS / Sloth like rust consumes / faster than labour wears / while the used key is always / bright // God helps them that help / themselves Lost time / is never found again" (Brown transfer print)
MJ1970.134
Unknown
2 1/8 (H), 2 3/8 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Miss Margaret Jewell
1970.1310.134
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