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| Title | "Trick Pony" mechanical bank |
| Artist | Charles G. Shepard ; Peter Adams ; Shepard Hardware Company |
| Date | c. 1885 |
| Institution | Minneapolis Institute of Arts |
| Location | Not on view. |
| Medium: | Dolls, Toys and Games | Iron, pigment |
| Size: | 7 1/2 x 7 1/8 x 2 1/2 in. (19.05 x 18.1 x 6.35 cm) |
| Style: | 19th century |
| Inscriptions: | Inscription and Stickeron bottom engraved: [PAT'D (D is underlined) JUNE 2 D (D is underlined) AND / July 7th (th is underlined) 1885] on bottom, on sticker: [# 272 - 16 1 (in circle) / x "Trick Pony Bank" / 65125 175 / 4210 / # 196 M] |
| Physical Description: | brown horse with yellow saddle stands on rectangular box; horse's proper front right and and rear left leg on box; other two legs raised; coin slot below horse's mouth; a lever on box below horse's tail; "TRICK PONY" on 2 sides of box |
| Credit: | Collection Minneapolis Institute of Arts; Gift of Katherine Kierland Herberger |
| Accession Number: | 2003.236.39 |
| Artist: | Peter Adams, American |
| Role: | Designer |
| Nationality: |
| Life Dates: | American |
| Artist: | Charles Shepard, American |
| Role: | Designer |
| Nationality: |
| Life Dates: | American |
| Artist: | Shepard Hardware Company, Buffalo, New York, 1866-1892 |
| Role: | Manufacturer |
| Nationality: |
| Life Dates: | Buffalo, New York, 1866-1892 |
| Added to Site: | March 1, 2009 |
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