Core Record |
| Title |
NatWest The Piggy Bank |
| Collection |
Museum of Design in Plastics: Arts University College at Bournemouth |
| Manufactured For |
National Westminster Bank |
| Date |
1980-1988 |
| Description |
A small pink calculator with a NatWest 'The piggy bank' wording a moulded pig on a cover which slides up to reveal the screen. This calculator dates from the 1980s and is linked to a promotional campaign featuring a piggy bank family. The pigs were a family of five characters usually represented as ceramic money boxes made by Wade; Sir Nathaniel Westminster the father, Lady Hillary the mother, Maxwell the boy, Annabel the girl and Woody the baby, and were given to children holding accounts with the Bank, depending on the balance achieved. The characters have now become collectors pieces. This calculator depicts Sir Nathanial Westminster. NatWest stopped the promotion in 1988. |
| Accession Number |
AIBDC : 002810 |
| Dimensions |
height 110mm, width 55mm, depth 15mm |
| Materials |
plastic, PS, polystyrene |
| Notes |
Everyday objects, such as those in this collection, are sometimes difficult to research. If you have any information about this object please contact the museum on modip@aub.ac.uk. |
| Rights |
MoDiP has done its utmost to obtain clearance from all IPR holders before adding images to this catalogue, if you believe that any image has been used without permission please contact us on modip@aub.ac.uk. |
| Method |
injection moulded |
| Object Type |
calculator |
