Mechanical money box
Category
Metalwork
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal, Paint
Order this imageCollection
Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion
NT 551989
Summary
Painted cast ferrous metal mechanical money box with moving parts depicting a clown, a dog and a barrel. The dog holds the coin. When the catch releases a spring the dog jumps through a hoop held by the clown and drops the coin into a barrel and through to the money box in the base. The dog is painted white, the clown is in a red, blue and white costume with green boots and the barrel is brown with gold painted coopering bands. The base is green with a brown stage.
Provenance
Purchased as part of Geler Jones Collection in 1994.
Marks and inscriptions
(on front of base) 'TRICK DOG'