Old World Christmas Pigs Glass Blown Ornaments for Christmas Tree Piggy Bank
R 815
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Old World Christmas Pigs Glass Blown Ornaments for Christmas Tree Piggy Bank
ORNAMENTS FOR CHRISTMAS TREE: Hand crafted in age-old tradition with techniques that orginated in the 1800s
CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS: Molten glass is mouth-blown into finely carved molds
UNIQUE GIFTS: Ornaments are all hand-painted and glittered in a series of labor-intensive steps to achieve the beautiful creations
PIGGY BANK ORNAMENT: Traditionally designed, hand-crafted ornaments
SIZE: Ornament Dimensions in Inches: 2. 25 x 2. 5 x 1. 5
In medieval England, clay was called pygg, and the small jars where people kept their coins became known as pygg banks. One day a potter who was unfamiliar with the term, was asked to make some pygg banks, so he fashioned them to look like actual pigs!