EDITOR'S NOTE This study of early money boxes is the product of three individuals, each approaching an obscure subject from different directions: the potter, the collector, and the museum ceramics specialist (fig. 1). Michelle Erickson, the internationally respected potter, put her contribution into clay rather than on paper. Ivor Noel Hume, the collector, and Jacqui Pearce, ceramics specialist with the Museum of London Archaeology, put theirs in writing, albeit in entirely different styles. One might argue that as a collaborative work of scholarship the texts should blend seamlessly into a single entity, which was certainly possible. The authors agreed, however, that beyond money boxes this contribution demonstrates how different elements of ceramic research can come together. The apparent superficiality of collecting had posed questions that opened the door to scholarly research of enduring value.
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