Lion and Two Monkeys

ca. 1883

Place madePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North America

Iron, paint, glass

Overall: 9 1/2 x 9 1/8 x 3 1/2 in. ( 24.1 x 23.2 x 8.9 cm )

Gift of Henry M. Lucas

1940.464

DescriptionCast iron mechanical bank in the form of a lion, painted yellow, with mouth open and paws around tree trunk facing two monkeys, painted brown (one larger, one smaller, attached by smaller monkey's hinged arms), seated in fork at top of tree trunk, all mounted on textured base painted green with red and yellow highlights; when the lever at the base of the tree is pressed, the larger monkey drops the coin, and the lion opens his mouth to receive it.

Markingscast: beneath base: "PATJULY 17 1883"

ClassificationsTOYS