This site contains a selection of photographs of some 20th century British and European Piggy Banks, with some background history about their manufacture and the potteries that made them. 

Piggy Banks have become highly collectable in recent years and the online auction sites now have many of the famous piggy banks for sale. Amongst them are Arthur Wood, Szeiler, Wade, Sadler, Masons and Goebel, whilst some of the less common figures do appear. The much rarer Quimper and Wemyss piggy banks can occasionally be found. Hopefully this site will provide some useful background information on some of them.

There is also an enormous amount of interest in the NatWest piggy banks which are featured in considerable detail.

Whilst we cannot guarantee the absolute accuracy of all the information given, we hope it is correct. Queries or comments on the site are most welcome and if anyone can provide additional information, or can correct any errors, please do email us at



Click the links above for some Piggy Bank History or for the individual pages of Piggy Bank Potteries. The final link explains, hopefully in simple terms, some of the basic differences between Earthenware, Stoneware, China etc.

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	This gold Sir Nathaniel has just made his first appearance and from the evidence produced there seems no doubt at all that he is genuine. CLICK FOR DETAILS	This rare and unusual Sir Nathaniel, the father of the NatWest family, in different guise without his red bow tie. CLICK FOR DETAILS	A Hard Rock piggybank! The rock band 'Elixir' were given this NatWest Maxwell with the makeover of all times!! CLICK FOR DETAILS