Early 19th C. Motto Plate, Experience Keeps a Dear School quail ) The brass cat and

) The brass cat and corkscrew both show some age and wear

Gorgeous surface

and a wonderfully primitive one at that

Based on others I have seen

Early 19th C. Motto Plate, Experience Keeps a Dear School quail ) The brass cat andI just can't resist these early transferware motto plates kind of like Battersea boxes, but not quite as precious and perhaps old words of wisdom feel especially welcome these days. These particular words came from none other than Ben Franklin, and they do seem pretty wise to me though I'm not sure even a good deal of experience always wards off foolishness! I especially like this old school use of the word "dear" here, and very pretty wreath with bow