C. 1880s Much Used Antique Tin Coin Bank antique american A little scattered staining and

A little scattered staining and smudging and a little paper attached to bottom corners on the back

I would guess this

Plus this terrific incorporation of blue and red knit to make a sort of vest

consistent with age and use

I find this antique Persian tile so beautiful

C. 1880s Much Used Antique Tin Coin Bank antique american A little scattered staining andI really like the wear on this one, suggesting someone dropped a small fortune in it over the course of more than a century. There is also something a bit haunting to me about it, as if embodying a kind of desperation and or a crumbling of the literal and proverbial bank, or house, or church, which I believe it was actually meant to be, with pinnacles at each corner the points which are long since gone. 4 1 8" t x 2 3 8" w x 1 5 16" d. Structurally