Size Largest: 4" T.ĭescriptionCast Iron Jolly Mechanical Bank.ĭescription American. Description Includes two Jolly banks, one small and one large.Condition (Excellent). DescriptionLot of 2: Cast Iron Still Banks. Bank," a "Give Me a Penny" Still Bank, and a Mammy Doorstop. Bank,"Painted Cast Iron Mechanical "Jolly N. Painted Cast Iron Mechanical "Jolly N.Place a coin in the man's hand and press the lever he raises
JOLLY 'N' HIGH HAT MECHANICAL BANK Cast IronJOLLY 'N' HIGH HAT MECHANICAL BANK Cast Iron body with cast iron hat done in green Starkies.Description CastLot of 2: Mechanical Banks. AMERICAN PAINTED CAST-IRON 'JOLLY N' MECHANICALAMERICAN PAINTED CAST-IRON 'JOLLY N' MECHANICAL BANK.Ĭast and painted with red lips, a blue butterfly tie, white collar and red coat, marked on the reverse.Cast iron Jolly black man mechanical bank,Cast iron Jolly black man mechanical bank, made: Cast iron Jolly black man mechanical bank, made by Shepard Hardware Co.Jolly Nigger Bank & Black Americana: LotJolly Nigger Bank & Black Americana: Lot of three Black Americana items comprising a small painted cast iron jockey doorstop(11.African Americana Cast Iron Piggy Bank: African Americana Cast Iron Piggy Bank: African Americana cast iron piggy bank, in the so-called "Jolly Negro" style, stamped "Shepard Manufacturing Co".(Cromwell, CT), 19th Century, A Cast Iron Jolly N Mechanical Bank by J&E Stevens Co. A Cast Iron Jolly N Mechanical Bank by J&EA Cast Iron Jolly N Mechanical Bank by J&E Stevens Co.Two Jolly cast iron black Americana mechanicalTwo Jolly cast iron black Americana mechanical banks.Jolly cast iron Black Americana mechanicalJolly cast iron Black Americana mechanical bank.Includes a mechanical "The Jolly Black Man", in old paint, 5.25" high and "Mulligan the Cop", 5.75" high. IncludesTWO CAST IRON BANKS, ca 1890-1910. Black Americana painted cast iron bank BlackBlack Americana painted cast iron bank Black Americana painted cast iron "Jolly Negro" bank.Cast iron bank Cast iron "Jolly N." bankCast iron bank Cast iron "Jolly N." bank with original paint by Shepherd Hardware Co., Buffalo N.Y.This piece is a Black Americana Jolly Boy design with Hand Painted Black Americana Cast Iron CoinHand Painted Black Americana Cast Iron Coin Bank: The lot features a hand painted cast iron bank.: Two Black Americana cast iron banks, to include a John Harper mechanical Jolly black man and a mammy with Two Black Americana cast iron banks, etc.Two Black Americana cast iron banks, etc.We argue that these objects reflect both the times in which they were made, and illuminate the relationship between adults and a newfound emphasis on children and childhood, in which toys serves as symbolic mediators of culture.Just a few examples of appraisal values for Jolly cast iron bank
This article analyzes how artifacts associated with children, such as mechanical banks, clockwork figures, and other toys are part of a larger cultural structure that viewed race and class as inseparable, and that these objects were essential in the development of a learned habitus that exposed white middle class children in the Victorian era to a racially and class oriented world. Between 18, the popularity of racialized toys and banks were fear-based responses to the perceived encroachment by "foreign and exotic" migrations of African American, Chinese, Irish and Native Americans into the cultural landscape of white middle-class America.
The reproduction of racism and class-based oppression are taught to children through various cultural media, including toys and games.