These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.
Download this imageCreative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.
Money Box in the shape of a Dog
Pottery: Brislington Pottery
Buff earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed and painted in blue, green, yellow and red. In the form of a dog with a slot for the money pierced through its shoulder, seated on a low mound base. The base is green. The dog's features are painted in blue, and its body and head are spotted in blue and yellow with red markings. It wears a yellow collar inscribed 'ANN WITTIN 1717' in blue. The unglazed base is inscribed in blue, 'Ann Wittin/was born ye 14 of/November 1717 J (?) W'
History note: Mrs Meredith, Little Massingham Manor, Massingham, Norfolk; sold by her at Christie's, 6 May 1919, Old English pottery and porcelain, lot 43; bought for 34 guineas by Mr Stonor on behalf of Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 14.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Early#
Production date:
dated
AD 1717
A similar money-box dog is inscribed on its collar with the name, George Adlum, probably the potter recorded in Brislington between 1719/20 and 1737.
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colour
( blue, green, yellow, and red)
Visible Surfaces
composed of
tin-glaze
Money Hole
buff Earthenware
Moulding : Buff earthenware, moulded with pierced slot to take money, tin-glazed except for the base, and painted in blue, green, yellow, and red high-temperature (metallic oxide) colours
Accession number: C.1462-1928
Primary reference Number: 72042
Old object number: 4645
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Money Box in the shape of a Dog" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/72042 Accessed: 2024-11-24 21:08:51
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/72042
|title=Money Box in the shape of a Dog
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-24 21:08:51|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:
https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-72042
To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:
<div class="text-center">
<figure class="figure">
<img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa30/c_1462_1928_1_201403_amt49_mas.jpg"
alt="Money Box in the shape of a Dog"
class="img-fluid" />
<figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Money Box in the shape of a Dog</figcaption>
</figure>
</div>
Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...
