Benjamin Franklin Poor Richard's Maxims 19th Century Pearlware Child's Cup vintage red cross and the aces in each

and the aces in each suit

and I must say that the more I look at painstakingly painted

and a few breaks in the splint of the body--all as detailed in photos

) Really a terrific set

Benjamin Franklin Poor Richard's Maxims 19th Century Pearlware Child's Cup vintage red cross and the aces in eachI've got a soft spot for these antique transferware child's cups; every time I see a few of them together, they really make me want to build a collection of them. The pink red decoration on this one comes from Ben Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanack (there were a whole series of these illustrating different "maxims"), with the central image including several vignettes occurring in a shop of some sort accompanied by the phrase "Keep Thy Shop and Thy