Shape Type: Miscellaneous

Pattern Type: Children

Date: 1820-30

Dimensions:

  • Diameter: 6.50 in (16.51 cm)

Maker: Unknown

Description:

A child's plate printed with the title My Mother. It reads; "Who ran to help me when I fell, And would some pretty story tell, Or kiss the place to make it well; My Mother."  The poem is from Original Poems for Infant Minds by  Ann Taylor Gilbert (1782-1866).

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