Earthenware children's mug. Pale blue transfer-printed scenes with an inscription in the center. To the left of inscription, there is a scene of young men possibly working at a well and to the right of the inscription two young men are cutting down a tree.
mugs
earthenware
transfer printing
Mug
"Dr FRANKLINS MAXIMS/ Handle your tools without/ mittens remember the cat/ in gloves catches no mice/--/ Constant dripping wears/ away stones & little/ strokes fell great Oaks." (Pale blue transfer-printed text)
MJ1970.285
Unknown
3 (H), 3 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Miss Margaret Jewell
1970.1310.285
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