Lot #: 501
Price Realized: $660.00
($550 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Collection of Ten Molded Pottery Produce Banks, late 19th or early 20th century, two pears, a banana, a peach, two apples, two oranges, and two pumpkins. One pumpkin with green-glazed surface. All others with original painted surfaces. Most or all appear to be American. Banana with loss to stem. All in otherwise excellent condition. L (of banana) 10 1/2" ; H (of taller pear) 4 3/8".
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