Staffordshire Pottery child’s mug – FRANKLINS ‘the way to wealth’, c. 1860

Interesting Staffordshire Pottery Child’s mug, printed in black & coloured in enamels with a merchant with his goods dockside, the inscriptions around the sides reading;

The Way to Wealth
or
Dr Franklins’ Poor Richard’ illustrated
Being Lessons for Youth
on Industry Temperance Frugality & c.

By the diligence and perseverance the mouse eat the cable in two
Diligence is the mother of good luck & God gives all things to Industry

7cm wide, 6.5cm high
crazed throughout, staining to base