For someone who wants to give a gift with some meaning, these are the perfect option.
Our customers report that these are becoming very popular gifts for children, with older relatives keen to pass on the importance of saving money to the younger generations. Pulling a lever or pressing a button, and watching your coin being automatically deposited for safe-keeping adds an extra element of fun and novelty to saving - something you don't see very often with modern moneyboxes or piggy banks. Our range also includes traditional mechanical and articulated moneyboxes - which are a huge novelty these days and guaranteed to raise a smile. Our range changes frequently, but we always have a selection of different styles and retro characters, including Humpty Dumpty, dogs, pigs, monkeys, bottles & drinks, tractor & auto brands, or even Darth Vader! Huge attention to detail, and skilled craftsmanship, goes into making each one of these items, as is evident from high-quality finishes and intricate detailing. These piggybanks will last the test of time!Ī Wide Range of Novelty Coin Banks - from Small to Largeįeaturing interesting and fun characters, each of our cast iron banks are handpainted and finished in a retro, antique style. The result is a beautiful, ornate items - heavy to the touch and far stronger and durable than ceramic alternatives.
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Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves!įun, unique, and full of vintage style, our moneyboxes and coin banks are always popular with customers looking for something to raise a smile or start a conversation!Įach one is cast from high-quality iron, using traditional manufacturing methods. Those marketed under then name "Hollywood" have a stamp and/or a paper label.More Info About Our Cast Iron Moneyboxes & Banks The most important manufacturer from this period was Diana, Diana produced bright "gumnut" pots with pale green and brown glaze.ĭiana Pottery marks include hand signed "Diana Australia" an impressed "Diana" enclosed in a circle "Diana Australia" with an imprint of the "Huntress" and stickers reading "Diana Made in Australia". There was a burgeoning of Australian pottery in the 1960s and 70s. These were marketed under the name 'Hollywood'.Īlso in the 1960's, a variety of small slip cast vases hand decorated in gold were made for a gift shop in the Imperial Arcade Sydney which were marketed u under the name 'Imperial'.
In the 1960s Diana diversified their range further into decorated oven and kitchen ware, hand painted with maple, poinsettia, cornflower, blackberry, wattle and flannel flower designs.ĭuring this period Diana Pottery made a variety of slip cast vases that were glazed in bright colours, or sprayed with a cream glaze creating a speckled texture.
The musical mugs and jugs played when lifted, and the movements were expensive and difficult to obtain, being imported from Switzerland, so many mugs and jusg that should have had movements were sold without at reduced prices. By the early 1950s the company had more than 70 employees and were producing a large range of hand painted articles which included "Waltzing Matilda" musical mugs and jugs, and produced bright "gumnut" pots with pale green and brown glazes. Over the life of the pottery, over 200 different shapes were produced. The Diana Pottery Pty Ltd operated at Marrickville, New South Wales from 1941 to the 1970s, and was the most important Australian ceramics manufacturer during this periodĮstabllished during World War II, the Diana Pottery produced wares to assist the war effort, including cups and mugs for Navy and munitions cantens, along with tea pots and milk jugs.Īt the cessation of World War II, the pottery diversified and commercilaised its output to include a large variety of slip cast vases in many colours, shapes and sizes, book ends, animal figures, table ware, utility and kitchen ware.
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