Train a Child in the Way He Should Go...C. Late 18th C. English Blue on White Motto Dish gift for host the New York based artist

the New York based artist who made and signed this (circa 1970s I believe) pot

7 1/4" l x 4 1/2" t x 3 1/16" d

Really a lovely and special feeling thing

and with the end tip of the wood actually being a plug that pulls out

and best of all metallic green eye and very long white whiskers

Train a Child in the Way He Should Go...C. Late 18th C. English Blue on White Motto Dish gift for host the New York based artistWonderful. I'm forever looking for unusual early motto dishes with this manner of lettering pre dating the c. 1830s Staffordshire child's mugs and the like I typically find by a couple of decades I believe; extra lovely and extra special feeling. I can find no likeness of this one out there anywhere beautifully executed in this blue against white with a border I'd describe as berries on branch but looking a bit weeping willow esque too. (And also a