"Lion Hunter" mechanical bank

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Title	"Lion Hunter" mechanical bank
Artist	Charles A. Bailey ; J. & E. Stevens Company, Cromwell, Connecticut, 1843-1950s
Date	c. 1911
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	Not on view.

Medium:

Dolls, Toys and Games | Iron, pigment

Size:

7 1/4 x 11 7/8 x 2 3/4 in. (18.42 x 30.16 x 6.99 cm)

Style:

20th century

Inscriptions:

Inscription and StickerOn bottom in relief: [PAT APLED FOR] on bottom, on sticker: [# 151G 7.2.9 / "Lion Hunter" / 73.850 61400 / 148M]

Physical Description:

hunter with gun pointed towards ferocious lion; both figures on rectangular platform covered with thicket of leaves; lion on raised slanting rock

Credit:

Collection Minneapolis Institute of Arts; Gift of Katherine Kierland Herberger

Accession Number:

2003.236.44

Artist:

Charles Bailey, American, 1848-1926

Role:

Designer

Nationality:

American (Middletown, CT)

Life Dates:

American, 1848-1926

Artist:

J. & E. Stevens Company

Role:

Manufacturer

Nationality:

Added to Site:

March 1, 2009