A Pair of Late 19th Century Folk Art Painted Wooden Money Boxes sub-Antiques This prison offered longer stays

This prison offered longer stays than the Penitentiary House

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but ever the champion of the underdog

5 cms x 35 cms

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A Pair of Late 19th Century Folk Art Painted Wooden Money Boxes sub-Antiques This prison offered longer staysOrigin: English Period: Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1880 Height: 7 inches Diameter: 2. 25 inches Coin Slots: Grenadier: 2 inches, Guard: 1. 5 inches Two charming turned wooden figures, of cylindrical form, both naively painted in yellow, black, and red; one painted as an Irish Guard, the other a Scottish Grenadier, with rather outlandish bearskin hat. There are few light surface scratches, and some rubbing to the face of the