The Wedgwood Museum

This strikingly modern hexagonal money box was one of a series made to commemorate the investiture of HRH Prince Charles as Prince of Wales in 1969. The money box is made from the traditional black basalt body and is transfer-printed in gold with a Welsh dragon and the Prince of Wales’ feathers.

• Type of object: Useful ware/moneybox
• Mark: WEDGWOOD (impressed)
• Year first produced: 1969
• Body: Black basalt
• Material: Ceramic
• Decoration: Transfer-printed
• Accession number: 9068
• Dimensions: 80 mm (height), 97 mm (diameter)