Silver dog collars that, on occassion, come on to the market, may have started life with a different use.
"A black boy, of about 15 years of age, named John White, ran away from Colonel Kirke the 15th instant; he has a silver collar around his neck, upon which is the Colonel's Coat of Arms and Cypher; he has upon his throat a great scar, bare in habit. Whosoever brings the aforesaid boy to Colonel Kirke's house near the Privy Garden, will be well rewarded"
Source: London Gazette - March 1685
"Matthew Dyer, Working Goldsmith, at the Crown in Duck Lane, Orchard Street, Westminster. Apprentice and successor to Mr. John Redman, Corkscrew Maker deceased, continues the business of his late Master, in making all sorts of gold and silver corkscrews, tobacco stoppers, silver padlocks for blacks or dogs, collars, silver clasp knives, etc. Where merchants and shopkeepers may be supply'd with any quantity on the least notice, and the lowest prices. An appartment of the above work kept by him"
Source: London Advertiser - 1756
Collar Of Black Page.
This collar is just about large enough to fit round the neck of a youth; it is 15 1/2 inches round, measured inside, and 1 3/8 inches wide. It was fastened on with a padlock.
Mr. Cholmondeley tells me that about one hundred years ago fashionable ladies thought it "the thing" to be attended by a Black Page, who wore ornamental collars on their necks. In Hogarth's picture, "Taste in High Life," 1742, a black Page is represented wearing a collar similar to that here shown. In the present instance the collar, though very like an ordinary dog's collar, is rather ornamental than otherwise. These Pages' collars are now exceedingly rare, as, when the slaves were liberated in England, the collars were used for dogs' necks. In fact, it may be that the pattern of the present dog collar was originally taken from the slave's collar.
Roger Owen, whose name is engraved on the collar as the owner of the slave, was an ancestor of Mr. Cholmondeley's.
Source: Log-Book of a Fisherman and Zoologist - Francis Trevelyan Buckland - 1876
In the Daily Journal, of September 28th, 1728, is an advertisement for a runaway black boy, who had the legend, "My Lady Bromfield's black, in Lincoln's Inn Fields," engraved on a collar round his neck.
However not all slaves were black, as can be seen from the below:
A specimen of these slave collars is preserved in the Museum of the Antiquarian Society, in Edinburgh. The collar, which in this instance was worn by a white man, bears the following inscription : "Alexander Stewart, found guilty of death for theft, at Perth, December 5, 1701.–Gifted by the Justiciaries, as a perpetual servant, to Sir John Erskine, of Alva."
Source: History of the Liverpool Privateers and Letters of Marque: With an Account of the Liverpool Slave Trade - Gomer Williams - 1897
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Silver Dog Collars - Are They Always What They Seem To Be?
Re: Silver Dog Collars - Are They Always What They Seem To Be?
A COLLAR BY SAMUEL WINTLE*
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*I'm attributing the mark to Samuel Wintle on the strength that he was a bucklemaker, and also was recorded at Surrey Square, Kent Road, London.
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*I'm attributing the mark to Samuel Wintle on the strength that he was a bucklemaker, and also was recorded at Surrey Square, Kent Road, London.
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