Money box
Category
Metalwork
Date
circa 1900 - circa 1920
Materials
Tin
Measurements
50 mm (width); 85 mm (height); 35 mm (depth)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 659168
Summary
A tin plate money box in the form of a telephone advertising Rothwells Chocolates, painted black with a coloured images on all four sides. A handset is mounted on the top of the box. On one side a child with a dog, on another a rural scene. On the front face there is a dog and a telephone, and at the back a girl answering a telephone. Printed on front and back face is 'Telephone, Rothwell's Chocolates, Golborne'.
Marks and inscriptions
Front and back face: 'TELEPHONE/ Rothwell's Chocolates/ GOLBORNE'