Large Painted Cast Iron Humpty Dumpty Bank
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Large Painted Cast Iron Humpty Dumpty Bank
About the Item
"Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king's horses and all the king's men couldn't put Humpty together again."
During The Middle Ages, in about the fifteenth century, metal was expensive and seldom used for household wares. Instead, dishes and pots were made of an economical clay called pygg. Whenever housewives could save an extra coin, they dropped it into one of their clay jars.They called this their pygg bank or their piggy bank. Over the next two hundred to three hundred years, people forgot that "pygg" referred to the earthenware material. In the nineteenth century when English potters received requests for piggy banks, they produced banks shaped like a pig. Of course, the pigs appealed to the customers and delighted the children.
- Dimensions:Height: 10 in (25.4 cm)Width: 6 in (15.24 cm)Depth: 4 in (10.16 cm)
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- Date of Manufacture:circa 1960's
- Condition:Excellent vintage condition. Paint shows signs of age.
- Seller Location:Los Angeles, CA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: U08032579521063
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