My firm found one at a site near Allentown PA that dated to the first
half of the 19th C.  It was a plate with a black transfer print of a
rural scene with the motto "He that by the plow would thrive, Himself
must either hold or drive".  The Marley had molded daisy like flowers in
low relief.

There are some good examples at Independence Park Archaeological Lab in
Philadelphia from the excavations for the Constitution center.

A good reference is:
Riley, Noel
1991	"Gifts for Good Children: The History of Children's China
1790-1890".  Richard Dennis.  The Old Chappel, Stepton Beauchamp,
Ilmister, Somerset 

Keith Doms

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Subject: Re: Transfer Printed Sherd

George Miller has mentioned the existence of transfer printed children's
motto plates.  So I looked around online and found plates of this type
that
closely resemble the example that I have complete with the clobbered
coloring and similar scenes that range in date to the 1820s-1850s
period. 
Has anyone come across motto plates before?


Kent