| Topic Name: |
Banks / Miscellaneous |
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| Pattern: |
Male |
| Color: |
Gold |
| Dimensions: |
5.5" In Length x 5" In Width |
| Manufacturer: |
Transvaal |
| Manufacturer Date: |
1880 - 1900 |
| Quality: |
Excellent |
| Quantity: |
1 |
| Price: |
$ 79.99 |
| Vendors Item# |
34671 (Please use this number referring to this item) |
Item Description: |
It measures 5-1/2" x 5" Wide. I was told this is an old Money Box. I have listed any info I found about this item below. It is labeled "Made in England" on the back. I don't much about this item except the info below I found. Please ask all questions before you bid.
The Transvaal Money Box was made by John Harper & Company, Ltd. in the period 1885 to early 1900. It is pictured in one of their old catalogs and under this picture the following statement is made: "After F.C. Gould, Esq. By permission of the Proprietors of the Westminster Gazette." Following this statement is the unusual and pertinent information that the bank was made in three different figures—"Maroon Bronzed, Venetian Bronzed (Highly finished)," and "In various Colors."
W.G. Thompson, present officer of Harper, has kindly advised the writer that the Transvaal Money Box was never produced as a full mechanical bank and never considered such by them. This is pointed out due to the fact that a few Transvaals have been converted into mechanical banks by means of an added lever inside the bank operating in such fashion that a coin dropped into the top hat slot causes the pipe to move up and down. In addition, a cigar has been devised to operate in the same way. In either case, pipe or cigar, they are replacement or converted items when motivated by a coin and not authentic. The bank, by the way, was never manufactured with a cigar in the figure’s mouth.
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Vendor Contact Information: |
All That Glitters Antiques
Contact: Chris Cali-Brophy
3000 Fairfield Avenue
Black Rock, CT 06605 USA
Phone: 203-333-5836 Fax: 203-333-5840
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