Update Our ticketing, donations, and membership sales portal is down for scheduled maintenance on the afternoon of 4/11.
Earthenware handless cup and saucer with green-black transfer-print pattern depicting Benjamin Franklin's maxim, "Industry need not wish." Pattern depicts man working in garden, one man rolling lawn and another man planting trees. Sailboats in background. Border pattern of clover in panels, separated by floral sprays.
teacups
saucers (plates)
earthenware
glazing (coating)
transfer printing
Set, Cup and Saucer
Franklin's Morals
Clover
Spray
Boat
Work
Set, Cup and Saucer
"[foliate branches] / FRANKLIN'S / Moral Pictures / Industry need not wish" (printed)
[anchor] (Davenport?) (impressed)
"Z" (printed)
Franklin's Morals
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
1958.161AB
MJ.196AB
Possibly Davenport, John (Maker)
England, Staffordshire
2 3/8 (H), 3 3/4 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Miss Margaret Jewell
1958.161.1-.2
County of Staffordshire (England, United Kingdom) [county]
Historic New England is committed to implementing reparative language description for existing collections and creating respectful and inclusive language description for new collections. If you encounter language in Historic England's Collections Access Portal that is harmful or offensive, or you find materials that would benefit from a content warning, please contact [email protected].
Sign up to our newsletter for our latest news and events
