Collection Highlights
Grenadier cap
1740-1770
1890.3
Wool, linen
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Clock bank
Object name
Clock bank
Date
1900-1930
Medium
Metal, glass
Dimensions
6 3/4 x 3 3/4 x 2 in.
Description
This copper-colored metal bank is made to resemble a mantel clock and has a wind-up clock in it. Coins are inserted just below the clock face, just above a plaque reading "Central Savings Bank/ In the City of New York/ Corner Fourth Avenue and 14th Street". On the rear is a relief of an explorer landing on a tropical shore.
Credit Line
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number
2002.1.399
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
