Early 19th C. Motto Plate, Experience Keeps a Dear School wooden stamo This beautiful piece

This beautiful piece

as is the case on these

and I think the hand-painted black lines against creamy white are pretty hard to beat

I've eyed and almost purchased a few different woodpecker shaped knockers

Stamped Turnstall

Early 19th C. Motto Plate, Experience Keeps a Dear School wooden stamo This beautiful pieceI 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