JEWELLERY, DECORATIVE & FINE ARTS AUCTION Tuesday, 21 October 2025 / 10:00 am start

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An Original c.1915 'Tommy!' cast iron mechanical money bank,

Realised: $2,200 plus premium

Lot Details

by John Harper Co., England, 1914 patent. Modelled as Tommy, a WWI British soldier shooting a coin into a tree stump. Operated by placing a coin at the end of the rifle and sliding back, his head lowers, then depressing the side button to shoot the coin into the stump. Working. Marked to the base 'Beatrice'. L.305mm.

An Original c.1915 'Tommy!' cast iron mechanical money bank, Image 1++
An Original c.1915 'Tommy!' cast iron mechanical money bank, Image 1++
An Original c.1915 'Tommy!' cast iron mechanical money bank, Image 1++
An Original c.1915 'Tommy!' cast iron mechanical money bank, Image 1++