Early Staffordshire Franklin's Maxims Child's Cup, Little Strokes Fell Big Oaks frog on lilypad I think this is a

I think this is a pretty great old drawing

which is definitely not me

6 1/16” x 4 3/4” framed

and it is one I handle pretty carefully as I believe it is really very old and somewhat fragile

where he established a school that became a hub for international nobility and the sons and daughters of many of Paris’ most fashionable citizens

Early Staffordshire Franklin's Maxims Child's Cup, Little Strokes Fell Big Oaks frog on lilypad I think this is aI'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