Mauchline ware money box (1)

Money box in the form of a mantlepiece clock.  It is rectangular shaped with a money slot on the top, and a vertical slot cut into the back to remove coins by lever action.  On the front there is a printed clock face featuring Roman numerals.  Below is an oval sepia photograph depicting a coastal granite cliff with the sea rushing through an archway below, the inscription "THE POT BUELLERS OF BUCHAN" is underneath.  On the reverse is the name "James Fleming".   W & A Smith of Mauchline, Ayrshire developed the manufacture of transfer printed treen, or wooden ware which became highly popular as gifts and souvenirs.  Later, they used photographs instead of transfers.