"Organ Bank, Boy and Girl" mechanical bank

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Title	"Organ Bank, Boy and Girl" mechanical bank
Artist	Kyser & Rex Company
Date	c. 1882
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	Not on view.

Medium:

Dolls, Toys and Games | Iron, pigment

Size:

7 1/4 x 5 3/8 x 4 in. (18.42 x 13.65 x 10.16 cm)

Style:

19th century

Inscriptions:

Inscription and Stickeron bottom near proper right edge in relief: [119]on back side below lattice work engraved: [PAT JUNE 18 1882]; on bottom, on sticker: [#192.15 / x "Organ Bank (Boy & Girl) / 74187 B 4270 / #178M]

Physical Description:

monkey in blue shirt and yellow pants with left leg crossed over right leg sits on raised red seat on top of rectangular box; dancing girl to his proper left side and dancing boy to his proper right side; "ORGAN BANK" below top front edge; design of organ and organic design with music book in between this design on front side; lever on proper right side of box

Credit:

Collection Minneapolis Institute of Arts; Gift of Katherine Kierland Herberger

Accession Number:

2003.236.36

Artist:

Kyser & Rex Company, Philadelphia, c. 1879-1898

Role:

Manufacturer

Nationality:

Life Dates:

Philadelphia, c. 1879-1898

Added to Site:

March 1, 2009

"Organ Bank, Boy and Girl" mechanical bank

Kyser & Rex Company

c. 1882