Early Staffordshire Franklin Maxims Child's Cup, Make Hay While the Sun Shines mid-century bookends " Brown grew up in

" Brown grew up in Boston's Brookline neighborhood

It would be beautiful on a tray with a selection of few other small boxes or silver-toned objects

though also great just on its own

but the seaweed is perfectly preserved and really lovely

Early Staffordshire Franklin Maxims Child's Cup, Make Hay While the Sun Shines mid-century bookends " Brown grew up inI'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