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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 numberC1200
DescriptionEarthenware. Brown. Handle leafed top and bottom. In front a drawing of a man in a chair and two boys: If you would know the value of money try to borrow some/ When the well is dry know the worth of water. On one side: Being lessons for youth in Industry, Temperance, Frugality &c. On other side: The way to wealth or Dr. Franklin's Poor Richard Illustrated.