MORGAN ST. JAMES . . . . . AUTHOR
PIGS, PIGS, PIGS - - - HOW IT STARTEDThis is Esmeralda, my favorite pig of all. She lounges in a chair in my family room, and even appeared in a photo accompanying a magazine article about me.
About eighteen years ago I was looking for something to collect. Someone gave me a mechanical pig I as a gift. I named it "Piggers, " giggled when it lurched across the floor and decided to add to the collection. I now have over two hundred pigs. Everything from stuffed to ceramic...antique to new. I mark the bottom of each one with the date and where I got them. As time went on, I collected pigs from many places in the world. All I have to do is look at the bottom to know when I was there. The pigs people give me have become my memory album. I look at them and think of the wonderful friend who picked it out. At first I would buy a pig just because it was a pig. Then I decided my pigs must have personality.
Sleepy PigsCheck out my pig gallery, and you will see some pretty fun porkers. As I photograph them, and as I acquire more, the gallery will grow. Thanks for visiting. Morgan St. James
Sailor Pig Morgan at Bellagio Stop Pig Super Pig
House Swine Fruitful Pig Goofy Pig Graduation Pig
Cowgirl Pig Esmeralda Pigg Bobble Pig Biker Pigs
Morgan's Pig Gallery
THE WADE PIGS
Baby Woody Anabelle Lady Hillary Maxwell Sir Nathanial
Back in the 1980's, Westminster National Bank in the U.K. commissioned Wade Potteries to create a family of piggy banksto encourage children to save money.
If a child opened an account, they got Baby Woody. When they had twenty-five pounds, they got Anabelle, fifty pounds - Lady Hillary - seventy-five pounds - Maxwell and it they reached one hundred pounds, they got Sir Nathaniel. The Wade Pigs became collectibles, with Sir Nathaniel being the rarest. I found my first one, Anabelle, in an antique shop in Plano, Texas and fell in love with her. The dealer filled me in on the history. My daughter, who lives in England, gave me Baby Woody. We found Maxwell and Lady Hillary in an an antique shop in Glastonberry, England. Sir Nathaniel came to me via an auction site, and was shipped from England. I love their whimsical faces.
Miss Piggy Mug Mystic Pig Carpenter Pig Miss Piggy with Rose
