19C Staffordshire Girl & Her Rabbits Nursery Rhyme Childs Plate Brown Transferware

A rare find, this childs nursery rhyme plate has a rich, chocolate brown transfer with a 3 color polychrome (red, blue, green) hand painting and one of Ben Franklins, or Poor Richards, most famous maxims.  It is a brown sponge/spatter ware depicting an elderly man with his hat tipped towards a young couple passing by, asking for money, as he apparently hadn't taken heed to saving while he was young.  It is trimmed with a painted green rim.  It features a unique, press molded rim with wheat, a poppy and bluebells.  It is in excellent condition for its age. In 1757, Benjamin Franklin published "The Way To Wealth", a basic summary of his 25 year “Poor Richards' Almanac.” In "The Way To Wealth", Honorable Mr. Franklin states the following:"Then since, as he says, the borrower is a slave to the lender, and the debtor to the creditor, disdain the chain, preserve your freedom; and maintain your independency: be industrious and free; be frugal and free. At present, perhaps, you may think you