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A small pearlware plate of octagonal form, molded with a dotted floral border and stringed edge in a pink luster and yellow enamel highlights. Centered with underglaze-blue is a pastorial scene with "Franklin's Proverbs".
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PLATE
Centered on the plate is ""Franklin's Proverbs"": Now I have a sheep and a cow every body bids me good morrow.
Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
England, Staffordshire
5.5 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Amelia W. Little
1986.97
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