Passed
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Description
4" (10 cm.) -7". Including a rare English brass and tinplate penny bank as a fireplace with brass grill,and the incised words "Mind the Grate Maggie" (slot at top for coins); early pewter bank in the shape of a chest of drawers with brass knobs,keyhole (key missing) and hinged lid; tinplate "Wm Miller Range & Furnace Co" advertising stove (wear to lithographed finish); lithographed penny bank in the shape of Cleveland Water Heater,with printed water spout,advertising,and slot in top for coins; and a tinplate painted penny bank in the shape of a fireplace with green brick tiles,painted flames,with slot in top for pennies and the message "Keep the Home Fires Burning" (some few scratches). Very good to excellent except as noted. Mid/late 19th century.