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Eagle and Eaglets Mechanical Bank with Working Bellows
Circa 1883: The J. & E. Stevens Company of Cromwell, Connecticut, hit a
homerun on the popularity scale when they contracted for production
Chicago, Illinois, independent designer Charles M. Henn's graceful and
complicated Eagle and Eaglets mechanical bank. Originally marketed as the
American Eagle Bank and the Eagle Bank, the Eagle and Eaglets portrays our
national symbol feeding her young and serves as a metaphor for our
government continually nourishing its nest of citizens with the
opportunity for financial growth through saving money a penny at a time.
This example features a working bellows, a feature nearly always missing from this bank, and has a bright original painted surface with no chips, cracks, or repairs. It is wonderful to be able to make out the faint cry of the hungry eaglets when their mother drops the coin into the nest, the same faint cry eager and amazed children heard nearly 140 years ago as they saved their pennies for a rainy day.
Eagle and Eaglets Mechanical Bank
with Working Bellows
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