Charles G. Shepard and Peter Adams for Shepard Hardware Company, American. Cast iron and pigment “Mason Bank” mechanical coin bank, ca. 1887. Depicting two masons building a wall. When the level along the side is pressed, the standing figure moves his shovel to allow the coin to fall into the bank; the figure behind the wall raises their arms to depict them laying brick and mortar. Marked along the sides. The door along the underside is present and locked; no key included.

Height: 7 in x width: 7 1/4 in x depth: 4 in.