A BRISLINGTON DELFT MODEL OF A DOG AS A MONEY BANK

As names on English delftware are usually for the intended recipient, it is unclear whether the inscription on the present hound's collar is meant as a signature by the potter George Adlum (or Adlam) I, or if he received it as a gift. Adlum is recorded as active in Brislington from 1719/20 until at least 1737. It is thought he passed away circa 1756. See Grigsby, op. cit., p. 387. Given that Adlum's son William was apprenticed as a potter circa 1719/20, it is interesting to speculate that the dog might have been a gift from son to father, though hounds of this type are usually dated slightly earlier.