Entitled Franklin’s Maxims..
£300.00
Details
A PAIR OF POOR RICHARD CERAMIC PLATES.
Publisher
No place or date but,
Date
c.1850.
Synopsis
*** fly pleasure and it will follow you. *** the diligent spinner has a large shift *** now i have a sheep and a cow every body bids me good morrow *** and *** he that hath a trade hath an estate. *** at the working man's house hunger looks in but dares not enter. *** industry pays debts while despair increaseth them ***
Item Description
A pair of ceramic plates, white, clear-glazed and transfer-printed with vignette illustrations and letterpress printing forming a border. The edges are scalloped and moulded with flowers.
Notes
The famous Poor Richard tales of Benjamin Franklin here adapted for children's plates.
[Stock No. 11448]
Subjects
19th Century • Artefacts • Arts • Ceramics • Illustrated/Childrens