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D350, D351. MONEY BANK 
and FIGURE 
(D350) Brislington 
George Adlum (or Adlam) I 
Inscribed "GEORGE ADLVM" on collar 
c. 1717 
(D351) Brislington, Bristol, or London 
1715-1725 
(D350) H.: 6 1/4" (15.9 cm) 
(D351) H.: 6 3/8" (8.6 cm) 
BODY CLAY: (D350) Medium-grained 
light red. (D351) Fine-grained pale buff. 
TIN GLAZE: Bluish white, (D351) with 
occasional deep pits. Overall, excluding 
bottom edges. (D351) Glazed on interior. 
S H A P E: Press-molded. Hand-formed 
(partly new) tails. (D350) Flat bottom. 
(D351) Hollow interior. 
DECORATION: Painted. (D350) Collar 
inscribed "GEORGE ADLVM." 
Published: (D350) Home, Collection, pt. r, 
no. 7 
A dog bank from the same mold and with painted decoration very like that
of the one shown here on the left (D350) is inscribed 'ANN:WYJTEN 1717"
on the 
collar and, under the base, "Ann Witten was Born ye 14 of w october
1717 JW."' 
Presumably, then, Ann was the owner of the bank, and "JW" may refer
to some 
relative who gave it to her as a gift. Although potters' signatures are rare
on Eng- 
lish delftware, the name on the Longridge bank matches that of Brislington
potter 
George Adlum (or Adlam) I, who has been documented as being active there
from 
1719/20 to at least 1737, and perhaps died in 1756.2 Although very similar
in shape 
and probably dating to the same period, the white dog (D351) is slightly
larger and 
must be from a different mold. The painting of the dogs' faces resembles
that of 
London-made cat jugs from the late 1600s (see no. D349). 
1. Lipski and Archer, Dlated Delftware, 
no. 1756. 
2. Jackson, Jackson, and Price, Bristol, 
pp. 51-52. William Adlum (son of George 
Adlum I) was apprenticed in 1719/20 and 
died in 1729, aged about 23; George 
Adlum Il's documented dates are too late 
for the dogs. 
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