Benjamin Franklin Poor Richard's Maxims 19th Century Pearlware Child's Cup vintage red cross and a few breaks in

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

I believe the wood is walnut but am not entirely certain

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

and also stiff enough to just prop somewhere And the colors—I believe acrylic paint—are even brighter and lusher than photos capture

Benjamin Franklin Poor Richard's Maxims 19th Century Pearlware Child's Cup vintage red cross and a few breaks inI'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