Jacqui Pearce
Money Boxes: The London Evidence

Ceramics in America 2013

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  • Figure 1
    Figure 1

    Money box, Surrey, England, fourteenth century. Lead-glazed earthenware. H. 2 1/2". (Courtesy, Museum of London, acc. no. A3855; photo, © Museum of London.) This example of Kingston-type ware was found in Paternoster Row, City of London.

  • Figure 2
    Figure 2

    The chronological distribution of ceramic money boxes from London excavations, in minimum number of vessels from dated contexts. 

  • Figure 3
    Figure 3

    Money-box fragments, from Surrey-Hampshire border, England, 1580–1630. Lead-glazed earthenware. (Photo, A. Chopping, © Museum of London Archaeology.) These fragments were found on the site of The Rose theatre, Southwark, London (site code SBH88). 

  • Figure 4
    Figure 4

    Money-box finials, from Surrey-Hampshire border, England, 1580–1630. (Photo, A. Chopping, © Museum of London Archaeology.) One of the finials, all of which were taken from the site of The Rose theatre, Southwark, London (site code SBH88), shows a pinhole made before firing.