Money box
Cadbury
Category
Metalwork
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal
Measurements
70 mm (height); 86 mm (diameter)
Place of origin
Bournville
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 659241
Summary
A metal drum-shaped money box with the words 'Cadbury's Buttons Piggy Bank Dairy Milk Chocolate' printed around the slot in the top. Around the sides are printed pictures of pigs shopping and visiting the bank beside which is a notice reading 'SAVE/ YOUR/ PENNIES/ FOR A/ RAINY/ DAY'.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Mr S. Feber in January 1984.
Marks and inscriptions
Underside of money box: MILK SOLIDS 20% MINIMUM./ COCOA SOLIDS 20[percent] MINIMUM./ CONTAINS VEGETABLE FAT/ CADBURY LTD.,/ BOURNVILLE,/ BIRMINGHAM, U.K.
Makers and roles
Cadbury, maker