Jewellery, Jewellery Boxes & Money Boxes

Beautiful kids dress up jewellery, jewellery boxes, money boxes and kids bedroom gifts.

The original idea for storing money inside a hollow receptacle came around about 6 centuries ago. An inexpensive orange clay would be used to make jars, this clay was called Pygg and when people had spare money they would drop it into their Pygg Pot. Over time the English Alphabet evolved and Pygg became Pigge then finally Pig. This language evolution encouraged 19th-century potters to create coin banks in the shape of pigs as a tongue in cheek nod to the original material used. There are many different terms used now for these containers such as a piggy bank, coin banks, money boxes and money banks. They are also available in many different shapes and have been made from metal, earthenware, plastic, leather and ceramic.

Money boxes make a brilliant gift for a baby shower, christening or Birthday as parents can begin to teach their children the value of coins and spare change from an early age. It could even help to start an education fund.