Genuine antique CAST IRON MONEY BOX teddy
& bear, c1900
Item number: 12021529
Price: $350
This is an old cast iron money box called "Teddy and the Bear". I am
uncertain of its age, but it could well go back to the turn of the
century.
The money box has a novelty in that you place the
coin on the end of the rifle, load it, and when you press the metal bit
on the base (see photo) it fires the coin into the hole...at the same
time the bear jumps out from the tree stump. THIS IS IN WORKING ORDER,
The size of the money box is 23 cms long nad 18 cms
high.
As you can see from the photographs it has aged
gracefully.
The Australian Antique Guides (Carters) price this
at about $700-800 AUS.
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