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Earthenware children's plate. Wavy edge and molded border with birds and foliate design. Black transfer printed scene with six people in front of a bank, and inscription from Poor Richard's Way to Wealth. Over painted with pink, yellow, and peach. Black line around edge.
plates (dishes)
earthenware
transfer printing
Plate
"POOR RICHARD'S WAY TO WEALTH. / FOR AGE AND WANT SAVE WHILE YOU MAY. / NO MORNING SUN LASTS A WHOLE DAY." (Black transfer print.)
63
Unknown
6 1/4 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Miss Margaret Jewell
1970.352
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