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Beehive-shaped bank
1798
Object Place: New London County, Connecticut
Medium/Technique
Salt-glazed stoneware with cobalt-blue inscription
Dimensions
11.43 x 10.16 x 10.16 cm (4 1/2 x 4 x 4 in.)
Credit Line
Harriet Otis Cruft Fund
Accession Number1981.49
CollectionsAmericas
DescriptionA small, beehive shaped bank with stud finial and incised inscription around body; damaged around coin slot when money was removed.
InscriptionsInscribed in cobalt blue script around body of object: "Richard Willimas / Mind and Save your Silver Money so that you can be a Man / Be comming / New London, Jun 9th 1798"
ProvenancePossibly owned by a member of the Williams family of New London County, Connecticut; Christie's, Fine American Furniture . . ., (December 12, 1980), lot 428; purchased by MFA from The Stradlings, 1225 Park Avenue, New York 10018, in 1981.