Studio salt pig

Hello all,

Does anyone know anything about this salt pig?
About 12cm tall.



Thanks..........

can you do a close-up of the mark please?

I think it comes from pygg, which is an old word for clay and things made from it (like a piggy bank). It's a salt pig because you keep salt in it!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygg

That's very interesting Gareth thanks, I previously thought it was derived from the shape of the opening looking like a pig's snout.



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