A Late 19thC Cast Iron Money Box Modelled as a Standing Black Bear sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles terminating in oval top plinths

terminating in oval top plinths and pegs to the other ends

below the Cambridge University O

Rosewood is among the heaviest and densest of all furniture wood

others were finely painted with mythological or figural subjects

They worked in Birmingham as sheet metal workers

A Late 19thC Cast Iron Money Box Modelled as a Standing Black Bear sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles terminating in oval top plinthsOrigin: English Period: Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1880 Height: 6 inches Depth: 2 inches Width: 2. 75 inches Coin Slot: 1. 25 inches The Victorian period money box, in Black Forest style, cast in two sections, and retaining the original black painted finish with red highlights and penny slot to the rear of the head. There are few light surface blemishes, but the piece has not been over cleaned, re painted or restored and