Pair of antique English pottery money banks named and dated Walters Newton Stockton 1866

Reference: 2926

Dated: c. 1866 North East England

A rare pair of money boxes or banks each with two slots.
They are decorated with flowers and leaves and were probably wedding gifts.
The boxes bear the names of T.Walter Newton and Ellen.Walters Newton togther with Crown Hotel South Stockton 1866.
Wonderful for the two banks to still be together.
Probably especially ordered and produced at the Middlesborough or one of the Sunderland Potteries in the North East of England.

Dimensions: 5.25 inch wide 4.00 inch high 4.00 inch deep

Medium: Pottery English earthenware ceramic

Current Condition Feet under base restored.

Provenance: Transcript of the entry for the Post Office, professions and trades
for THORNABY ON TEES in Bulmer's Directory of 1890.Windmill Inn, Westbury st.; Thomas Walters Newton.

This would indicate that Thomas and Ellen were most probably the Landlords,owners or tennants of the Crown Hotel in 1866.

The Crown Hotel is still open today Thirsk Road | Kirklevington, Yarm, Stockton-on-Tees, England

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