Early 19th C. Motto Plate, Experience Keeps a Dear School antique bottle And then perhaps best of

And then perhaps best of all

giving a little variety to the rattling

they issued a set of 10 of these depicting athletes wearing jerseys from that school engaged in different sports: runner

9" t x 8 15/16"

threaded on the inside--perfect for holding a few pills or some precious little thing inside

Early 19th C. Motto Plate, Experience Keeps a Dear School antique bottle And then perhaps best ofI just can't resist these early transferware motto plates kind of like Battersea boxes, but not quite as precious and perhaps old words of wisdom feel especially welcome these days. These particular words came from none other than Ben Franklin, and they do seem pretty wise to me though I'm not sure even a good deal of experience always wards off foolishness! I especially like this old school use of the word "dear" here, and very pretty wreath with bow