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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 numberC1210
DescriptionEarthenware. Handle leafed top and bottom. Blue background, puce figures. At left, a harbor scene, at right a home scene. In front: Franklin's Maxim's/ Employ time well if thou meanest to gain leisure/ One today is worth two tomorrows/ Since thou art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour"