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

I am not certain

which of course makes me like these all the more:) A few feature what appears to be crayon in addition to watercolor and pencil

I am not an expert on these (or fish

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