DETAILS
An antique painted cast iron mechanical coin bank. Modelled as a Carpetbagger man on his stump stand, with a mechanism to move the articulated jaw, a mechanical arm and a carpet bag opening to receive the coin.
COLOR(S)
Yellow, green, red, black
PLACE OF ORIGIN
United States
PATTERN/MODEL
Stump Speaker Bank | Patent date: November 16, 1886 | Number: 352,786
MAKER
Shepard Hardware Company (Buffalo, New York, 1866-92) | Founder(s): Walter J. and Charles G. Shepard
MARKS
Cast label (sides): BANK / STUMP SPEAKER. PAT. JUNE 8 1886; PAT. NOV 16 1886
PERIOD
Late 19th century
DATE
Circa 1886
DIMENSIONS
Width 5 Depth 4 Height 9.75 inches
Part of single owner collection of over (60) mechanical banks.