American Kyser & Rex Painted Cast Iron Zoo Bank Mechanical Bank p2327 Signed in pencil (bottom): When

Signed in pencil (bottom): When Everything's Almost Perfect/ Barbara Van Cleve 1989

Blue faux-grain finish

Original frame: Width 59 Depth 1

Note: the cup pulls on the front are later additions

American Kyser & Rex Painted Cast Iron Zoo Bank Mechanical Bank p2327 Signed in pencil (bottom): WhenDETAILS 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