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Description: | Two-tiered money box in the form of tall thrown globular shape on flat, slightly flared base with vertical slot pierced at shoulder, surmounted by second slightly smaller shape, also with pierced vertical slot. Thick rib applied around join of two boxes. Applied relief decoration around shoulder of each tier, comprising pinched clay pellets representing tiny birds evenly spaced in two rows indicated by shallow incised lines. Large finial to top tier in the form of two simple birds sitting on a flattened circular platform. The whole decorated with thin coating of white slip in irregular streaks, giving overall orange and brown mottled effect through lead glaze.
Technique: thrown
Technique: applied relief
Technique: slip-coated
Technique: lead-glazed
Material: ceramics
Material: earthenware
money box made in Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe, 1800=1860 (circa), (1923.164). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.2386 | Go to resource |
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