Share your favorites on Show & Tell

Nat West Bank Ceramic Piggie Banks

In Pottery > Show & Tell and Coin Operated > Piggy Banks > Show & Tell.
All items20303 of 244521Black Mantel ClockBudweiser Neon Sign
8
Love it
0
Like it

Vynil33rpmVynil33rpm loves this.
TreyTrey loves this.
dav2no1dav2no1 loves this.
blunderbuss2blunderbuss2 loves this.
ManikinManikin loves this.
officialfuelofficialfuel loves this.
fortapachefortapache loves this.
vetraio50vetraio50 loves this.
See 6 more
Add to collection

    Please create an account, or Log in here

    If you don't have an account, create one here.


    Create a Show & TellReport as inappropriate


    Posted 3 years ago

    elanski
    (97 items)

    First post for a long time.

    Anyone from England will recognise these piggie banks. Their adverts with an annoying song were all over the telly in the 1980s.
    They were made by the Staffordshire pottery Wade as promotional items for Nat West bank.
    The promotion ran from 1983 to encourage children to open savings accounts and save money. You got the baby pig, Woody for opening an account and were sent the next pig in the family every 6 months if your savings reached the next threshold for that pig.
    All the others piggies have also names : Annabel, Maxwell, Lady Hillary and Sir Nathaniel Westminster. Very few children managed to collect the full set.
    The pig family promotion ran until 1988

    The idea was later used again in the 1990s with a new pig called cousin Wesley, awarded for opening a personal savings bond. Not many of these were issued due to the high initial investment required for the bond so these are Much harder to find and have been faked. Picture 4 shows a rare Cousin Wesley from the internet.

    logo
    Pottery
    See all
    Antique Rookwood William Hentschel Arts & Crafts Rose American Art Pottery Vase
    Antique Rookwood William Hentschel ...
    $250
    RARE VINTAGE CERAMIC LADY WITH WHIPPED CREAM HAT HEAD VASE
    RARE VINTAGE CERAMIC LADY WITH WHIP...
    $127
    Roseville Vista 124-18 Huge & Heavy Floor Vase Vintage Arts & Crafts Pottery
    Roseville Vista 124-18 Huge & Heavy...
    $202
    INCREDIBLE QUALITY 19thC HUGE FRENCH PARIS PORCELAIN ENAMEL BIRD SCENIC VASE #1
    INCREDIBLE QUALITY 19thC HUGE FRENC...
    $255
    logo
    Antique Rookwood William Hentschel Arts & Crafts Rose American Art Pottery Vase
    Antique Rookwood William Hentschel ...
    $250
    See all

    Comments

    1. vetraio50 vetraio50, 3 years ago
      Hope I bring you luck in finding Wesley !!!!

    Want to post a comment?

    Create an account or login in order to post a comment.