Antique Franklin's Proverbs ABC Alphabet Plate Keep Thy Shop and Thy Shop Will

An antique Staffordshire alphabet (ABC) plate with the letters of the alphabet moulded around the rim, printed and coloured with a shop-front scene and the Franklin's Proverbs maxim Keep thy shop and thy shop will keep thee.

Benjamin Franklin's sayings from Poor Richard's Almanack were printed on children's plates from the 1830s onwards, given as rewards for good behaviour.

Condition: wear consistent with age; a plate hanger is fitted to the back. Please view all photographs, which form part of the description.

Diameter approx. 15.5 cm.

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