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<p>[QUOTE="dgbjwc, post: 255431, member: 308"]Welcome Connie! I looked through my Royal Copley and American Bisque (Leeds) books but couldn't find these in either. The problem is that many potteries both in the USA and abroad were making pig banks at the same time. Very few of these banks were marked. I would date yours as produced sometime between the late 1940's and early 1960's. </p><p><br /></p><p>For some of the banks there was a opening in the bottom to remove the coins and for others you could shake the coins out the slot fairly easily. Or you were expected to break them once they were full.</p><p>Don[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dgbjwc, post: 255431, member: 308"]Welcome Connie! I looked through my Royal Copley and American Bisque (Leeds) books but couldn't find these in either. The problem is that many potteries both in the USA and abroad were making pig banks at the same time. Very few of these banks were marked. I would date yours as produced sometime between the late 1940's and early 1960's. For some of the banks there was a opening in the bottom to remove the coins and for others you could shake the coins out the slot fairly easily. Or you were expected to break them once they were full. Don[/QUOTE]
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