Piggy bank

The wooden piggy bank with the cute button eyes is a real eye-catcher. It invites you to throw in a little pocket money for the next little or big adventure.

If it is thick and round and filled to the top, it doesn't even need a hammer to open it. All you need is a small screwdriver with which you can easily and professionally open the sweet pork belly from below.
But if you happen to need a hammer for your current piggy bank, we have here the right one for you ...

The rontool piggy bank made of three layers of birch wood is also suitable as an original souvenir for a youth consecration , confirmation or as a very special wedding gift.

Why do you actually use a pig as a piggy bank animal?

The pig has been a good luck charm and symbol of fertility, usefulness and frugality among farmers since the Middle Ages. This in turn was due to the high number of offspring (piglets), and on the other hand the animals are very undemanding with their food and eat any leftover food or excess harvest waste. Those who “had pigs” were wealthy enough to keep their own cattle and therefore always have a delicious slice of sausage, i.e. pork, on their bread. A pig was thus also associated with the actual possession of money.

Laut der „Schutzgemeinschaft Deutsches Sparschwein“ stammt das erste Sparschwein aus dem Jahr 1576.  In Euskirchen bei Köln auf der Burg Schweinheim befahl der Burgherr Wilhelm Spieß von Büllesheim in weiser Voraussicht seinem Gesinde, seiner Frau und den Kindern, sich Schweine aus Ton zuzulegen. Sie sollten sie stetig mit Münzen füllen, um so gegen Not und Krankheit gewappnet zu sein.

Used material

- Sturdy birch multiplex (plywood)
- Locking screw for wood-chip boards at the bottom of the belly
- 2 wooden dowels
- Hard wax oil

Size / dimensions / weight

Length - 20 cm
Width - 6 cm
Height - 13 cm

Weight - 200g