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This sitting pig piggy bank was made by Hull Pottery (1905-1985), one of the largest and most famous manufacturers of collectible pottery in the USA. It was made between 1960 and 1985, when the company closed. This bank is mold number 196 finished in mirror brown with a foam drip finish. There is a hole in the bottom to retrieve the money. Hull pottery piggy banks and cookie jars are extremely popular with Hull Pottery collectors and piggy bank collectors. Hull Pottery dinnerware and other pottery items are also popular with collectors.

Hole-eye piggy banks were made from the 1880s until about 1920. They were one of the earliest piggy banks to be made in large quantities. Most of them were made in Czechoslovakia or Austria and were imported to the United States. Due to their age and composition of the pottery, they are usually fragile, so most of them have some type of damage. They are made of light stoneware and have a colorful glassy drip glaze over the upper half of the piggy bank. This glaze is prone to flaking. These banks are usually unmarked, marked with the country of origin, or may be marked “foreign.” There is no hole in the bottom to retrieve the coins.

This vintage Cast Iron Black Aunt Jemima Bank is 10 1/2″ high x 6 1/2″ wide and weighs about 8 pounds. It recently sold at auction for $40.