plate

Description

Identification note: from the house clearance of a Devizes person

Summary: earthenware plate with floral border and black transfer on white/cream base, picture of two men and two horses ploughing a field in front of a farm building, "POOR RICHARDS WAY TO WEALTH" and below, "PLOUGH DEEP WHILE SLUGGARDS SLEEP / AND YOU SHALL HAVE CORN TO SELL AND TO KEEP", cracked and chipped, some lettering worn


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