Offered for sale:  English Staffordshire Red Transferware Childs Mug - Franklin's Maxims.

 

Nice Antique Condition with some discoloration of glaze around handle.  Please review pictures.

The mug showcases maxims from Benjamin Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanack, specifically including quotes about industry and hope.

"Industry needs not wish" followed by a continuation of the proverb, "and he that lives upon hope will die fasting".

"There are no gains without pains then help hands for I have no land".

Two red transfer images of men laboring - one planting a tree and one mowing a lawn.

Measures 2.75" H x 3" Diameter.