Showing posts with label Banks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Banks. Show all posts

Monday, May 3, 2010

Mystery White Rabbit Bookend Bank

Continuing with my mystery figure series, next up are these White Rabbit combination bookends and banks.

These are apparently from England, as all the ones I have seen and acquired have come from there. I'm not exactly sure of the date on these, but I'm guessing late 1960s or early 1970s since the White Rabbit figure is a copy of the first version of the Disneyland figure.

There are no markings on these of any kind. The bank (or money box as they say in merry 'ol England) consists of the bookend part of the piece, not the figure. The slot is in the top, and there is a rubber stopper in the bottom. I have also seen these in brown.

Monday, March 15, 2010

Leeds Alice Bank

Third in the Leeds series is the bank. The bank is essentially the same Alice as on the heart planter though slightly larger.

The bank is truly rare. I imagine lots got broken when trying to get money out of them. One thing that has always intrigued me is the possible existence of a Alice figure. Leeds made a Snow White bank and a figure, it stands to reason that there could be an Alice figure, but I've never seen one.