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Date1830-1860
Terms
- Mugs
- Staffordshire
Dimensions7.61 × 5.08 cm (3 × 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 numberC1187
DescriptionEarthenware. Transfer printed in puce color, one chip on side near bottom. On other side, a scene of boy entering a house. In front: Dr. Franklin's Maxim's/ Sloth like rust consumes/ faster than labour wears/ While the used key is always/ --------bright--------/ God helps [sic] them that help/ themselves. Lost time is never found again.