Artist/Maker George Jones

Child's plate

1854-1880

Place madeEngland, Europe

Earthenware

Overall: 3/4 x 6 1/2 in. ( 1.9 x 16.5 cm )

Gift of Mrs. Robert C. Taylor

1945.372

The quotation on the front comes from Ben Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanac.

DescriptionMolded pearlware plate with letters of the alphabet around the brim in low relief banded at rim with green stripe; red-brown transfer printed image at center depicts blacksmith working at an anvil and another man pumping bellows while a third sits on a bench in the background; printed image embellished by hand in pink, blue, and yellow overglaze; image encircled by an inscription.

Markingsimpressed: on back of plate: "GEORGE JONES/Stoke on Trent" printed: in red-brown on front of plate: "HE THAT HATH A TRADE HATH AN ESTATE/INDUSTRY PAYS DEBTS WHILE DESPAIR INCREASETH THEM." written: on paper label affixed to back of plate: "Mrs/Sinclairs/things"

ClassificationsCHILDHOOD AND EDUCATION