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On View In:
Gallery 110
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Artist:
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Charles G. Shepard
Peter Adams
Shepard Hardware Company
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Title:
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"Humpty Dumpty" mechanical bank
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Date:
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c. 1882
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Medium:
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Iron, pigment
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Dimensions:
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8 x 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (20.32 x 13.97 x 13.97 cm)
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Credit Line:
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Gift of Katherine Kierland Herberger
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Location:
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Gallery 110
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Artist/Creator(s)
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Name:
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Shepard Hardware Company
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Role:
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Manufacturer
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Life Dates:
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Buffalo, New York, 1866-1892
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Name:
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Shepard, Charles G.
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Role:
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Designer
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Life Dates:
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American
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Name:
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Adams, Peter
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Role:
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Designer
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Life Dates:
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American
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Object Description
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Inscriptions:
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Inscription and Sticker
on back, in relief: [HUMPTY DUMPTY / BANK]; on bottom, in relief: [BUFFAL on bottom, on sticker: [#124-16 / "Humpty Dumpty" / 64125 270 / #127M 4180]
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Classification:
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Dolls, Toys and Games
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Physical Description:
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mechanical bank in the form of a clown with painted face wearing red peaked cap, red and blue suit with stars and grey ruffled collar
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Accession #:
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2003.236.348
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Owner:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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