NORTH AMERICAN PAINTED CAST IRON 'JONAH AND THE WHALE' MECHANICAL BANK
CIRCA 1890
£1,008
Auction: Day 1 - Wed 14th May from 10am | Lots 1 to 313
Description
by Shepard Hardware Co., with original painted decoration and working mechanism, the press lever to the side tosses Jonah forward as if to throw him overboard, the whale opens his mouth and the coin slides off of Jonah's head into the whale's 'floating' lower jaw, cast mark to base ‘Pat July 15 1890’
Dimensions
26.5cm long, 13cm high, 9.5cm deep