Staffordshire Marble Slipware Glazed Pottery Pig Moneybox

Delightful studio pottery raku glazed figure of a resting pig dating from the 20th century. The hollow hand-crafted ceramic pig is simply detailed in a lying position with its head r...

A charming and rare antique English, probably Yorkshire, pearlware pottery miniature cottage moneybox dating from the early 19th century. The small cottage stands raised on a stepped...

A delightful novelty antique English pottery figure of a man pounce or pepper pot dating from Staffordshire and dating from the 19th century. The pottery figure stands raised on a rounded base and portrays a portly man dressed in period costume wearing breaches, waistcoat and jacket with a bow tied neckerchief. He wears a tricorn hat on his head which contains the pouring holes for the pot. The hollow bodied man...

A rare and unusual antique English Staffordshire spill vase modeled as a dog saving a drowning boy and dating from the mid 19th century. The spill vase stands on an oval shaped base and portrays a large dog lifting a boy from a river abstractly created with a blue painted rough cast edge. The dog stands raised on a bank painted with floral sprigs and the dog has a black and white painted body with painted features with the spill vase as a tall standing trunk...

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...

Article: Pottery ceramic money box element Producer: BAY Ceramic, Germany Decade: 1970s Description: Original vintage...

French Majolica money bank pig with a bag Orchies circa 1900. Small hairline and bubbles on the glaze.

Whimsical porcelain piggy bank by Bovey Pottery of Devon, England, circa 1930s.