Early Staffordshire Franklin's Maxims Child's Cup, Little Strokes Fell Big Oaks mayan effigy vessel 4" tall x 2 1/8"

4" tall x 2 1/8" in diameter

summers 1967-1968

sold as a pair because surely they are love birds after all this time together

The two little loops at top

Early Staffordshire Franklin's Maxims Child's Cup, Little Strokes Fell Big Oaks mayan effigy vessel 4" tall x 2 1/8"I'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, which I found together with another I just listed, and both of which I'd never seen before was the text reading "Little Strokes Fell Big Oaks By diligence and patience the