Bidspirit auction | U. S. Bank

U. S. Bank - Attrib. to J. & E. Stevens Company. Cromwell, Connecticut - Late 1870's. Originally the Floyd Griffith Collection. Later the Steve Steckbeck Collection. The U. S. Bank is the largest architectural themed mechanical bank ever produced. As in Stevens' New Bank, we find a hollow cast brass soldier standing sentry in the central arched door of the bank. To discover the coin aperture for deposits, you must push down the porcelain-knobbed plunger, at which time the faces of a small boy and a dog appear in the circular windows. This exquisite example of the U. S. Bank has often been said to be the finest in the world. The Robert Brady Collection. Condition: Virtually Mint with Exceptional Patina. The Finest Example We Have Seen.