19Thc Marbleized Stone Ware Piggy Bank

Pig pin cushion with metal gilded base. This is a Victorian item.

Early 20thc hand carved pig or hog with amazing patina. This is most unusual and found in the mid west.

20th century Robinson Ransbottom cookie jar. 2qt canister. Beautiful condition.

This super rare 19th century sponge ware pottery jug is signed on base F.H.WEEKS, AKRON, OHIO with some other lettering like pat. Pending. This was used as a canteen with the original metal wire handle. This is called a harvest jug...

In the late 19th century the concept of thrift became a principle by which parents encouraged their children to safe money by putting their pennies into a "piggy bank", thus the proliferation of these items by pottery manufacturers, this particular example marked "SS" on the underneath indicating "A Smith Ltd.", Longton, England whose ceramic, china, and pottery business began in 1846 by Sampson Smith. Nicely molded and in excellent condition, this proverbial pig themed penny bank is painted overall white with a multiplicity of green "spatter" spots, the pig standing on all fours has a twisted tail in back. The original finish is beautifully glazed resulting in a lovely patina to this completely original bank with no restoration or touch up paint of any kind and all of it's original hand paint intact. Since these type of antique banks typically were made without a coin removal trap, the only way to extract the coins would have been the old "knife in the slot" method and retrieving the pennies one by one; or the more simpler method of smashing and breaking the bank, which is why locating these banks is very difficult, rendering a fine example particularly rare. This example is a wonderful addition to a collection of authentic still banks, folk art, or for those who accumulate pig items. This recently came from an estate collection of pig still banks. A similar example is referenced as #633 "Two Toned Pig" in Andy Moore's "The Penny Bank Book" written in 1984 when collecting pottery banks...

This bank was manufactured by HEPP "The Hole-Eyed Pottery Pig" company, the oldest Czechoslovakian/Austrian ceramic coin bank manufacturer, circa 1890. Their best customer was the Un...

A marbleized brown with a beige hand painted underbelly dominates the color scheme to this excellent condition 19th century authentic stoneware Austrian still bank. This "piggy" bank...

Decorate a kitchen counter with this vintage iron pig sculpture. Crafted in France, circa 1960, the hand painted pig is dressed with a slot for coins at th...