A charming vintage pig figurine. Its plump body is a polished egg of black fossil stone, and cast sterling silver forms the head, ears, four legs and curly tail. The pig has a cheerful, open-mouthed grin and pierced nostrils. One ear stands upright and the other flops forward, which gives it a lot of personality. The silver is cast with a fine stippled, fur-like texture, darkened in the recesses. It contrasts with the smooth, polished snout, ears and trotters. The modelling and finishing are of good quality, well above souvenir standard. The body is a dark grey to black fossiliferous limestone (the "black fossil marble" quarried in Morocco), with white fossil cross-sections of orthoceras and goniatites. The round, eye-like motif on the flank is a natural fossil section, not damage. Each stone is unique.