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Description
3" (8 cm.) largest. Each is of softpaste with
transfer designs,illustrations,alphabets or
maxims,designed for young child; Included is an
alphabet mug with a family of dogs seated on a
fence on the alternate side; Farmer's Mug with a
dandy poem,God Speed the Plough motto and
illustrations of tools (small hairline); Poor
Richard's Almanac Mug with several maxims; mug
with inside and out designs in lavender depicting
men hunting; mug with maxim"Idleness is the parent
of want and misery" (hairline); another alphabet
mug with farm scenes; a small mug with Dr.
Franklin's maxims such as"Plough deep while
sluggards sleep..."; another Dr. Franklin's maxins
with scene of men at sea and the maxim"Lost time
is never found again"; another mug with the
message"Industry is fortune's handmaiden",and two
additional Benjamin Franklin's mugs. Good to
excellent with some typical discolorations.
English and American,mid-19th century.