Early Staffordshire Franklin's Maxims Child's Cup, Little Strokes Fell Big Oaks frog on lilypad and the more ups and

and the more ups and downs the faster they go

Pages 4 7/8" x 3 5/16"

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

6 1/16” x 4 3/4” framed

I think this is a pretty great old drawing

Early Staffordshire Franklin's Maxims Child's Cup, Little Strokes Fell Big Oaks frog on lilypad and the more ups andI'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