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Museum purchase, 1956.44.5  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Funny Clown Bank
Museum purchase, 1956.44.5 © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Funny Clown Bank

Date1890
MediumCast iron, paint
ClassificationsEquipment
Credit LineMuseum purchase
DescriptionClown dressed in red shirt with yellow collar, red and white hat and brown breeches. Sitting astride a blue ball on a pedestal. When switch is pressed, the clown stands upside down on the ball.
Object number1956.44.5
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
    Museum purchase, 1956.44.1  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    J. & E. Stevens Co.
    1892
    Museum purchase, 1959.69.9  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    J. & E. Stevens Co.
    after 1889
    Toy Peddler's Wagon
    Stevens & Brown Manufacturing Co.
    about 1870
    Gift of Starling Childs, 2025.8.2, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History collection, No Kno…
    Stevens-Hepner Co. Ltd.
    1985
    Raggedy Ann Board Game and Original Box
    Milton Bradley Co.
    copyright 1954-1956
    Gift of Robert T. Gault, 2009.120.6a  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Unknown
    mid 19th-19th century
    Doily
    William Stevens Brockway