CIRCA 1717-1720, POSSIBLY SIGNED BY THE POTTER GEORGE ADLUM

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.