Bidspirit auction | A Group of Vintage Savings

A Group of Vintage Savings Banks - A collection of various vintage savings banks in various materials including metal, wood, cast iron, and plastic. The group features a tin lithograph Dime Register Bank by J. Chein & Co., finished in silver, blue, and red. The front is printed with the text Registers Ten Dollars and depicts three coin slot registers. The base bears a blue printed shield-shaped mark reading J.CHEIN & CO. MADE IN U.S.A. This bank is accompanied by its original cardboard packaging printed with NO. 5 REGISTER BANK. Also included is a cast iron sitting pig bank with a black finish, featuring an embossed inscription on one side reading H. G. F. B. A. R. R., a coin slot along the back, and a flat-head screw on the opposite side. A wooden savings chest is included, finished in a dark wood grain with a metal handle on top and a front-mounted metal plaque reading THE CLEVELAND TRUST COMPANY above a central keyhole. The collection further includes a light blue marbled celluloid or plastic book-form bank titled Baby's BOOK BANK with the embossed instruction SAVE FOR BABY'S FUTURE and a central figure of a seated baby reading. A standing silver-toned metal clown figure in a suit and hat serves as a bank with a coin slot in the back. Completing the group is a glass cylinder bank with a metal base, top, and ring handle. Clown height: 5.75 inches Wooden bank width: 4.75 inches Book bank width: 3.25 inches Tin register bank width: 2.75 inches.