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Two Coin Banks, America, late 19th century.
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Marlborough, Massachusetts
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Two Coin Banks, America, late 19th century. One small brown-glazed pottery bank in the form of a corked jar, 'SAFE DEPOSIT' impressed below a vertical coin slot in the shoulder, signed Clara Atwood / Aug 12 / 1883' on bottom; together with one cast iron bank in the form of a coined and cross-gabled building with Gothic tracery windows and 'BANK' inscribed on the facade above vault doors, the pediment dated '1882' and the opposite wall impressed 'PAT. FEBY 7 82.' in the mold along bottom of plate, in reference to a registered toy design by Kyser & Rex (Frankfort, Pennsylvania, 1879-99), retaining traces of gilding over original red, green, and yellow enamel-painted surfaces, (iron bank) wd. 4 1/8, dp. 3 1/8, ht. 5 1/2 in. Footnotes: Literature Louis Kyser & Alfred C. Rex, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Design for a Toy Money-Box (7 February 1882), U.S. Patent No. 12,758. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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Two Coin Banks, America, late 19th century. One small brown-glazed pottery bank in the form of a corked jar, 'SAFE DEPOSIT' impressed below a vertical coin slot in the shoulder, signed Clara Atwood / Aug 12 / 1883' on bottom; together with one cast iron bank in the form of a coined and cross-gabled building with Gothic tracery windows and 'BANK' inscribed on the facade above vault doors, the pediment dated '1882' and the opposite wall impressed 'PAT. FEBY 7 82.' in the mold along bottom of plate, in reference to a registered toy design by Kyser & Rex (Frankfort, Pennsylvania, 1879-99), retaining traces of gilding over original red, green, and yellow enamel-painted surfaces, (iron bank) wd. 4 1/8, dp. 3 1/8, ht. 5 1/2 in. Footnotes: Literature Louis Kyser & Alfred C. Rex, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Design for a Toy Money-Box (7 February 1882), U.S. Patent No. 12,758. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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Marlborough
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01752
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