Description:
Having no other opening except the narrow slot, these banks were meant to be broken open. Such forms are often called "penny banks" or "monkey jugs" in potters' price lists and were primarily made for children. At times these banks were left unglazed so that they could be decorated by their owners. Such banks were offered in 1864 at 40 cents per dozen by the Norwalk, Connecticut, pottery. The Caire Pottery at Huntington (Long Island), New York, listed them around the same time for thirty-seven and 1/2 cents for a dozen. Thrown, ball-shaped redware bank with a button-shaped finial on top, a narrow neck, a round bulbous body, and a tapered flaring foot, a rectangular shaped hole is cut into the side of the pot, the whole is covered in a dark brown glaze with manganese which is slightly lustrous, Condition: Top of bank broken off but piece is reattached. Origin: Pennsylvania, c. 1860-1880.
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