"Professor Pug Frog's Great Bicycle Feat" mechanical bank

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Title	"Professor Pug Frog's Great Bicycle Feat" mechanical bank
Artist	Attributed to Charles A. Bailey ; J. & E. Stevens Company, Cromwell, Connecticut, 1843-1950s
Date	c. 1892
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	On view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, G110

Medium:

Dolls, Toys and Games | Iron, pigment

Size:

7 3/4 x 10 3/16 x 3 3/16 in. (19.69 x 25.88 x 8.1 cm)

Style:

19th century

Inscriptions:

Inscriptions and Stickeron front side on center part of platform, inscribed: [PROFESSOR PUG FROGS / GREAT BICYCLE FEAT]; on right side on music note book: [MOTHER GOOSE / CIRCUS] on bottom, on sticker: [217G 6.1.7 / "Professor Pug Frogs" / 76 23001 31285 / 51675 / M#201 62400]

Physical Description:

frog sitting on wheel at center of bank; two small figures on either side of bank; figure on right side with music notes between her hands

Credit:

Collection Minneapolis Institute of Arts; Gift of Katherine Kierland Herberger

Accession Number:

2003.236.95

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

"Professor Pug Frog's Great Bicycle Feat" mechanical bank

Attributed to Charles A. Bailey ; J. & E. Stevens Company, Cromwell, Connecticut, 1843-1950s

c. 1892