Antique Still Banks
A still bank describes any type of money box, strong box, or receptacle designed to receive and store coins. The most famous type of still bank is the piggy bank, which gets it name from an orange-colored clay called pygg, but many more still banks came in all sorts of shapes—from houses to bureaus to the busts of presidents.
One of the most common types of still banks in early-19th-century America was made out of redware. Few of these...Continue Reading