Early Staffordshire Franklin Maxims Child's Cup, Make Hay While the Sun Shines painted antique carving Blocks are 1 1/16"" cubed

Blocks are 1 1/16"" cubed

also known as a "grenade

there is wear and aging to the painting and paper

This is the time of year I want to buy pottery

strangely and evocatively elongated like a late-day shadow

Early Staffordshire Franklin Maxims Child's Cup, Make Hay While the Sun Shines painted antique carving Blocks are 1 1/16"" cubedI'll never get over my affection for antique Staffordshire child's cups, which I love for their forms as well as for their transfer decoration, hand colored in this case. But what sold me on this early (c. 1820s 30s) and rare one one of a number made featuring Franklin's Maxims was the text reading "Make hay while the sun shines An hour today is worth two tomorrow." A wise man was Franklin, and what a good bit of wisdom to impart to a child, and to