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A small pearlware plate of octagonal form, molded with a dotted floral border and stringed edge. It has a border with pink luster and red enamel highlights. It is centered with a green transfer print showing a pastoral scene with "Franklin's Proverbs".
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Pearlware
Luster
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Floral
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Porcelain
PLATE
Centered around the well is a ""Franklin's Proverb"": Three removes are as bad as a fire, a rolling stone gathers no moss.
Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
5.5 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Amelia W. Little
1986.98
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