Early American Tin Still Bank with Original Paint, c. 1880s creature sculpture Austria in 1928

Austria in 1928

as if just waiting to pounce

The wood is worn smooth and a little shiny

(The partially stained one also has a stretch of a pale green rubber coated wire on top of the rainbow one)

Known as “the cradle of the Daiquiri cocktail

Early American Tin Still Bank with Original Paint, c. 1880s creature sculpture Austria in 1928There are some serious still bank experts out there, which is definitely not me, but I just sort of fell in love with this little tin one. I know it's a pretty rare one, dating to the 1880s or so, with its original paint and Elm City National Bank stenciled in gold on the front. I particularly love that the chimney serves as the coin drop! 4" tall x 3 1 8" wide x 1 3 4" deep. Red and black surface paint with gold gilt stenciling on the front. No