American Kyser & Rex Painted Cast Iron Zoo Bank Mechanical Bank p2327 1885-present) | Founder: René-Jules Lalique

1885-present) | Founder: René-Jules Lalique (French

Original frame: Width 59 Depth 1

Blue faux-grain finish

The case of attractive slim proportions and the case door with circular glass pendulum window

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American Kyser & Rex Painted Cast Iron Zoo Bank Mechanical Bank p2327 1885-present) | Founder: René-Jules LaliqueDETAILS An antique painted cast iron mechanical coin bank. When the monkey in the top window of the barn is pressed the red barn doors open to expose two other animals. COLOR(S) Red, green PLACE OF ORIGIN United States PATTERN MODEL Zoo Bank MAKER Kyser & Rex Company (Philadelphia Frankford, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1879 99) Founders: Louis Kyser and Alfred C. Rex MARKS Stamped (back): Zoo Bank Press the Monkey 134 PERIOD Late 19th century DATE