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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 numberC1202
DescriptionEarthenware. Design in blue. One side, a bridge over a river; the other, a boy entering a house. On front: Dr. Franklin's Maxim's/ Sloth like rust consumes faster than labour wears/ While the used key is always bright/ God helps them that help themselves/ Lost time is never found again.