American J. & E. Stevens Painted Cast Iron Magician Mechanical Bank antique beams Signed (lower right): R

Signed (lower right): R

green and rust red glazes

Perhaps of British naval origin

Spain as a modern cosmopolitan city

Andirons: Width 7

American J. & E. Stevens Painted Cast Iron Magician Mechanical Bank antique beams Signed (lower right): RDETAILS Antique painted cast iron mechanical coin bank. Depicting a man wearing a black suit; holding top hat over a red table standing on a pale blue stage COLOR(S) Blue, red, yellow PLACE OF ORIGIN United States PATTERN MODEL Magician Bank No. 337 Designer: Charles Bailey REFERENCE J. E. Stevens Co. 1905 Illustrated Catalogue of Iron Toys, etc., page 26 MAKER J. & E. Stevens Company (Cromwell, Connecticut, 1843 1950) Founder(s): John and Elisha