Early Staffordshire Franklin's Maxims Child's Cup, Little Strokes Fell Big Oaks vase with bird these I believe are wood

these I believe are wood

) The striped piece sticking straight up like a feather is a huge seed pod of some sort I believe

just a tiny bit of staining at lower right

but I had a feeling about it

marking the occasion of the recipient’s birthday on an April 8

Early Staffordshire Franklin's Maxims Child's Cup, Little Strokes Fell Big Oaks vase with bird these I believe are woodI'll never get over my affection for antique Staffordshire child's cups, which I love for their forms as well as for their transfer decoration, hand colored in this case. But what sold me on this early (c. 1820s 30s) and rare one one of a number made featuring Franklin's Maxims, which I found together with another I just listed, and both of which I'd never seen before was the text reading "Little Strokes Fell Big Oaks By diligence and patience the