DETAILS
An antique painted cast iron mechanical coin bank. When the monkey in the top window of the barn is pressed the red barn doors open to expose two other animals.
COLOR(S)
Red, green
PLACE OF ORIGIN
United States
PATTERN/MODEL
Zoo Bank
MAKER
Kyser & Rex Company (Philadelphia/Frankford, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1879-99) | Founders: Louis Kyser and Alfred C. Rex
MARKS
Stamped (back): Zoo Bank / Press the Monkey / 134
PERIOD
Late 19th century
DATE
Circa 1894
DIMENSIONS
Width 4.25 Depth 1.5 Height 4.25 inches
Part of single owner collection of over (60) mechanical banks.