Early Staffordshire Franklin Maxims Child's Cup, Make Hay While the Sun Shines vintage plaque I'd use this one for

I'd use this one for everything--on the counter

Opening measures 2 1/2" across by 1 1/8" d

but also lovely displayed in silhouette on open shelves

Late 19th century or so I would guess

which can be found at the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister in Dresden

Early Staffordshire Franklin Maxims Child's Cup, Make Hay While the Sun Shines vintage plaque I'd use this one forI'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