Featured "Trentham Toad Frog Money Box Piggy Banks #438"

Hello

I'm interested in the "Trentham Toad Frog Money Box Piggy Banks #438" and was hoping for more information on them. Can you tell me:

· What colours were there made in? and

· How many of each colour were made?

· The dates they were made? and

· What is the meaning of the letter on the underside of their foot?

 

Hi @W R Airy and WELCOME!! Do have a picture of the mark on the underside of the foot you can show??? That might be helpful!

 

Hello and thank you for welcoming me. .... attached is an image with the letter circled.

 

Welcome

@W R Airy, to Antiquers..............

 

Hard to find much of anything, for me at least! Found a UK ebay listing that's ended, but if you scroll down you can still see the images and scroll over them....
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Trentham-Toad-Frog-Money-Box-Piggy-Bank-Very-RARE-Large-Pottery-Ornament-Vintage-/294146035001?nma=true&si=9mKTstsz3GScucNtdLQ0wZKoCds%3D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 ,sold for 24 pounds.

And then this Orange one on Pinterest:
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/317574211217400825/

If you have three, you may have the only "collection"!!!

 

That is adorable.

 

Plastic plug says "not very old" to me.

 

They're 1960s ish. The bulls that Trentham made are very collectible indeed. These frogs are rather like Poole ones. Number is a pattern number.

 

hi I have a green tranthem ware green frog toad is worth much it’s got number 438 on the bottom?

 

25 pounds.....give or take .....

 

Interesting ... do you have any pictures?

 

Komokwa says £25. .... and that sounds about right ... but if a 'green' one was in perfect condition, I'd pay £50 - think about it.

 

and that's the deal with collecting......

if ya gotta have it........ you do what it takes !!!

 

I was half expecting a counter offer .... but perhaps it wasn't in 'perfect' condition ....

 

Trentham Art Ware Devon UK, the business closing around 1968. One of the Devonshire Torquay Potteries England. The Trentham story here at the bottom of the page: https://torquaypottery.info/about/potteries-in-torquay-area/devonshire-potteries

 

Hello ... any thoughts ????