Mechanical money box
Category
Metalwork
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paint, Wood
Measurements
135 x 90 mm; 22 mm (Length)
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Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion
NT 552000
Summary
Painted cast ferrous metal mechanical money box with moving parts depicting dentist extracting tooth from patient. Set on footed base which is blue with yellow feet. The patient, sitting in a chair, is blue with yellow clothes and the dentist is painted black and is holding pliers. The coin sits in a slot over his hip. The patient tips back and the dentist falls backwards, tipping the coin into a sack behind the dentist.
Provenance
Purchased as part of Geler Jones Collection in 1994.