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Date1830-1860
Terms
- Mugs
- Ceramic
- Staffordshire
Dimensions5.08 × 5.08 cm (2 × 2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. William Kussin, B. Alcott Pratt and F.W. Pratt in memory of their mother, Mrs. F. Alcott Pratt (1935)
Object numberC1181
DescriptionEarthenware. Small molding at bottom. In front, in brown is written: Dr. Franklin's Maxim's/ Plough deep while sluggards sleep & you shall have corn to sell & to keep. Work today for you know not how much you may be hindered tomorrow. On each side are rural scenes done in green and brown.