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Majolica Onnaing Book Money Bank Box, circa 1900
By Onnaing
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica money bank books made by Onnaing. The piece was crafted, circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s French French Provincial Antique Book Bank
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Cast Iron Book of Knowledge Mechanical Bank, Punch & Judy, 20th Century
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Hand-painted cast iron mechanical bank "Punch and Judy Bank."
A vintage book of knowledge Punch
Category
Early 20th Century Taiwanese Folk Art Antique Book Bank
Materials
Iron
American Pottery Pig Bank, Circa 1880's
Located in Incline Village, NV
"The Penny Bank Book" written in 1984 when collecting pottery banks was just becoming popular. Small
Category
1880s American Folk Art Antique Book Bank
Materials
Pottery
"Peg-Leg Beggar" Mechanical Bank, American, circa 1880
By H.L. Judd Manufacturing Company
Located in Incline Village, NV
almost identical in appearance to the example referred to on page 36 of "The Bank Book" by Bill Norman
Category
1880s American Folk Art Antique Book Bank
Materials
Iron
"Billiken" Cast Iron Still Bank, American, Circa 1909
By A.C. Williams Company
Located in Incline Village, NV
is referenced as #74 page 67 in Andy Moore's book "The Penny Bank Book" written in 1984.
This
Category
Early 1900s American Folk Art Antique Book Bank
Materials
Iron
Antique Reliquary Book Pendant Locket
Located in Chicago, IL
RELIQUARY PENDANT IN BOOK FORM
Probably southern Germany, 1630–40
Gilded silver, verre églomisé
Category
Mid-17th Century Antique Book Bank
Materials
Gilt Metal
Pair of Reindeer Antique Still Banks, American, circa 1910
By A.C. Williams Company
Located in Incline Village, NV
images of that example.
Both of these banks are referenced in "The Penny Bank Book" by Andy Moore, a
Category
1910s American Folk Art Antique Book Bank
Materials
Iron
Paris View Early 20th Century - Flower Banks and Conciergerie
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
FOUQUET Armand (1904-nc)
Paris view around 1930 - Flower Bank and Conciergerie
Oil on canvas Signed
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Antique Book Bank
Materials
Oil
H 34.26 in W 29.53 in D 1.58 in
Spelter Still Bank "Girl By A Barrel", German, circa 1908
Located in Incline Village, NV
not specifically listed in Pierce's book "Painted German Spelter Banks" a variant of it appears on
Category
Early 1900s German Folk Art Antique Book Bank
Materials
Spelter
Vintage Children's Toy Savings Bank "U.S. Mail". American, Circa 1920
By A.C. Williams Company
Located in Incline Village, NV
referenced on page 102 #853 in "The Penny Bank Book" by Andy and Susan Moore, published 1982. They were
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Antique Book Bank
Materials
Iron
Seated "Cat with a Bow" Still Bank, American, circa 1922
By Grey Iron Casting Company
Located in Incline Village, NV
Moore's "The Penny Bank Book" as #364 and rated a "D" (A to F rarity scale--A most common). It is not to
Category
1920s American Folk Art Antique Book Bank
Materials
Iron
George Ohr (Potter) "Bag Shaped" ceramic Savings Coin Bank Circa 1885
By George Ohr
Located in Incline Village, NV
the authoritative book on the subject and the man, "The Mad Potter of Biloxi" written by Eugene Hechte
Category
1880s American Victorian Antique Book Bank
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Washerwomen on bank of River at Nice, France - Bridge and town Impressionist Oil
By John Terrick Williams
Located in ludlow, GB
Britain's best loved Painters. A beautiful sun drenched scene of Washerwomen on the banks of the River
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Antique Book Bank
Materials
Oil
"Lady Seated in Chair Reading" Money Box/ Still Bank by a. Biagioni, Circa 1925
Located in Incline Village, NV
the bank is that of a nicely dressed older lady seated in a chair reading a book.
The bank is in all
Category
1910s French Folk Art Antique Book Bank
Materials
Pottery
H 8.63 in W 3.38 in D 4.25 in
The Travellers - 1920s British Children's book illustration by Frank Watkins
By Frank Watkins
Located in London, GB
born in Lambeth, London and was the son of a bank clerk. He worked as a children’s book and comic
Category
1920s Realist Antique Book Bank
Materials
Ink
Original 1920s British Pen and ink Children's book Illustration by Frank Watkins
By Frank Watkins
Located in London, GB
Watkins was born in Lambeth, London and was the son of a bank clerk. He worked as a children’s book and
Category
1920s Realist Antique Book Bank
Materials
Ink
Original Vintage German Book Advertising Poster for Spanihel The Big Lump Satire
By Jupp Wiertz
Located in London, GB
Original vintage book advertising poster for the German novel The Big Lump - The Satire of our Time
Category
1920s German Antique Book Bank
Materials
Paper
H 37.01 in W 25.01 in D 0.04 in
Antique Hand-carved Wooden Wall Relief of the Lamb of God
Located in Antwerp, BE
Hand-carved wooden wall relief of a sheep.
Carved of oak, the Lamb shown standing on the Book of
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Book Bank
Materials
Wood
Jack Escapes the Giant - 1920s British Children's illustration by Frank Watkins
By Frank Watkins
Located in London, GB
was born in Lambeth, London and was the son of a bank clerk. He worked as a children’s book and comic
Category
1920s Realist Antique Book Bank
Materials
Ink
Important Russian Beds From the 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
1920s, under the name Serge Otzoup, he initially worked as a businessman. According to an “Address Book
Category
1850s Antique Book Bank
Materials
Fruitwood
Early Naturalistic Wildlife Animal Rendering of a Possible Capuchin Monkey
By Peter Paillou
Located in Houston, TX
More, Joseph Banks, and for the Welsh naturalist Thomas Pennant. Many of his paintings of birds were
Category
Mid-18th Century Naturalistic Antique Book Bank
Materials
Gouache
H 32.5 in W 25.25 in D 1.13 in
Joseph Holdcroft English Majolica Flying Crane Turquoise Plate
By Joseph Holdcroft
Located in Philadelphia, PA
the verso, distinctive to Holdcroft majolica.
Book reference,’The Collectors Encyclopedia of
Category
Late 19th Century English Japonisme Antique Book Bank
Materials
Earthenware
Streatley Mill, River Thames, near Goring, Oxfordshire. Substantially Framed.
By Alfred de Breanski Jnr.
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
. There was a mill on this site as far back as the Domesday Book, owned by the nuns of Goring. The last
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Antique Book Bank
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Alfred de Breanski Jnr.Streatley Mill, River Thames, near Goring, Oxfordshire. Substantially Framed.
H 22.25 in W 26.38 in D 3.35 in
Antique Bonheur Du Jour, French, Walnut, Ladies Writing Desk, Victorian, C.1900
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
two banks of small drawers
Each drawer dressed with small brass pulls, decorated in ornate manner
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Book Bank
Materials
Walnut
H 37.01 in W 33.27 in D 22.45 in
Native US Flora - Seven Original Botanical Chromolithograps, 1879
Located in Langweer, NL
as an ornamental one, as they would have been quite decorative when framed or displayed in a book
Category
1870s Antique Book Bank
Materials
Paper
No Reserve
H 9.85 in W 7.09 in D 0 in
West Indian Satinwood Gentleman’s Compactum/Press Attributed to Holland & Sons
By Holland & Sons
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
form with central cupboard doors opening to reveal four slides, flanked on both sides with five banks
Category
1840s English Antique Book Bank
Materials
Satinwood
H 54 in W 84 in D 24 in
Nice Antique City View of the Lombard on The Oudezijds Voorburgwal in Amsterdam
By D. Olfert Dapper
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'De Banck van Leeningh'. View of the City Bank of Loan in Amsterdam, the
Category
17th Century Antique Book Bank
Materials
Paper
H 9.26 in W 13.59 in D 0 in
19th Century Chippendale Design Mahogany Pedestal Desk
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in London, GB
, each pedestal with incurved corners housing a bank of four graduated drawers with stiff-leaf carving
Category
Early 20th Century English Chippendale Antique Book Bank
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Adams Edwardian Inlaid Carlton House Desk, Hand Painted, Angela Kauffman
By Angelica Kauffmann
Located in Stamford, CT
banks of two small drawers flanked by curved cupboard doors, each having hand painted full bodied
Category
Early 1900s English Adam Style Antique Book Bank
Materials
Wood
2.8 X 2.2 METER SAMUEL PEPYS 1666 STYLE LIBRARY BOOKCASE DRAWERS PART OF SUiTE
Located in GB
cupboard base which houses a campaign bank of drawers, and lastly a smaller two bay one piece bookcase with
Category
1860s English High Victorian Antique Book Bank
Materials
Glass, Oak, Pine
H 112.8 in W 88.78 in D 21.07 in
2.8 X 2.2 METER ANTIQUE SAMUEL PEPYS 1666 STYLE LIBRARY BOOKCASE PART OF SUiTE
Located in GB
bank of drawers, and lastly a smaller two bay one piece bookcase with cupboard base
This style of
Category
1860s English High Victorian Antique Book Bank
Materials
Glass, Oak, Pine
H 113 in W 88 in D 20.08 in
2.8 X 1.6 METER ANTIQUE SAMUEL PEPYS 1666 STYLE LIBRARY BOOKCASE PART OF SUiTE
Located in GB
and bottom, a matching size two bay bookcase but with a cupboard base which houses a campaign bank of
Category
1860s English High Victorian Antique Book Bank
Materials
Glass, Oak, Pine
H 112.41 in W 65.16 in D 23.23 in
The Pastoral Elegance of Ulriksdal Castle by Herman Padtbrugge, ca.1685
Located in Langweer, NL
is situated on the banks of Edsviken Lake in the National City Park in Solna.
Herman Padtbrugge, a
Category
1680s Antique Book Bank
Materials
Paper
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H 12.68 in W 17.09 in D 0 in
2.8 X 3.9 METER ANTIQUE SAMUEL PEPYS 1666 STYLE LIBRARY BOOKCASE PART OF SUiTE
Located in GB
and bottom, a matching size two bay bookcase but with a cupboard base which houses a campaign bank of
Category
1860s English High Victorian Antique Book Bank
Materials
Glass, Oak, Pine
H 112.01 in W 152.37 in D 27.56 in
La Loge (The Lodge) /// Post-Impressionist Figurative French Paris People Art
By Louis Legrand
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
born in the city of Dijon in the east of France. He worked as a bank clerk before deciding to study art
Category
1910s Post-Impressionist Antique Book Bank
Materials
Drypoint, Etching, Intaglio
Large Oil Painting 'Old Town in Swabia', by Eduard Zetsche, Vienna, 1910
Located in Vienna, AT
travelogues. In addition to his job as a bank clerk, Zetsche took painting lessons from Robert Russ and Emil
Category
1910s Austrian Other Antique Book Bank
Materials
Canvas
H 47.25 in W 35.44 in D 3.94 in
Antique Royal Doulton Bowl, the Gallant Fisher in Ceramic
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
bowl. The bowl is with a polychrome fishing scene of a fisherman lying on the river bank reading a book
Category
1920s British Sporting Art Antique Book Bank
Materials
Ceramic
Fountains at Pernes Les Fountaines France Impressionist landscape oil painting
By Sylvia Gosse
Located in London, GB
illuminated with coloured lights and a large crowd on the banks of the water seem to have gathered to watch
Category
1910s Impressionist Antique Book Bank
Materials
Oil
Egyptian Buffalo and Farmers. Camel Rider. Egypt.American Orientalist.Watercolor
By Edwin Lord Weeks
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
in book form as From the Black Sea through Persia and India (1896). In 1901 Scribner’s magazine
Category
Mid-19th Century Romantic Antique Book Bank
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
H 10.04 in W 13.59 in D 0.48 in
Portrait of a Lady - British Impressionist 1900 art female artist oil painting
By Florence Kate Upton
Located in London, GB
here to further her art career. Although a children's book illustrator, Upton was first a painter and
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Antique Book Bank
Materials
Oil
John Leroux, London. Twin Fusee Bracket Clock
By John Leroux
Located in Amersham, GB
Deutsche Bank; This clock was retailed by Percy Webster, there is one of his distinctive engraved plaques
Category
18th Century English George III Antique Book Bank
Materials
Brass
Rowing Oar, Queen's College Eight 1920
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Boat Race in 1923. He wrote a book 'Rowing' in 1949 with a co-rower, Guy Oliver Nickalls. Nickalls also
Category
1920s British Antique Book Bank
Materials
Pine
Long-billed Curlew (City of Charleston) /// Ornithology John James Audubon Bird
By John James Audubon
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
which place Audubon made many important excursions. One such outing to the "Bird Banks" south of
Category
1840s Victorian Antique Book Bank
Materials
Lithograph, Watercolor
Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame, First Edition with Dust Jacket
Located in Middletown, NY
DUST JACKET of one of the essential classics of children's literature. The book is based on bedtime
Category
Early 20th Century English Antique Book Bank
Materials
Paper
Horses and stagecoach winter/snow scene, oil painting, by John Richard Worsdale
Located in York, GB
the pit to an apprentice as a bank clerk, where he claimed to have learned to ‘mek the tea’ but seems
Category
Late 19th Century Old Masters Antique Book Bank
Materials
Oil
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H 26.38 in W 35.44 in
horse & carriage/gig , country scene, antique oil, by John Vine of Colchester
Located in York, GB
apprentice as a bank clerk, where he claimed to have learned to ‘mek the tea’ but seems also to have
Category
Mid-19th Century Old Masters Antique Book Bank
Materials
Oil
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H 27.96 in W 39.38 in
19th Century English Satinwood Carlton House Desk Attributed to Gillows
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in Dublin, IE
curved superstructure with pierced brass gallery, fitted with two banks of three drawers to the centre
Category
19th Century English Georgian Antique Book Bank
Materials
Satinwood
H 41.26 in W 60.99 in D 32.49 in
Regency English Coromandel Drop Dial Wall Clock by William Burch, Maidstone
By William Burch
Located in Norwich, GB
quality with shaped plates, circa 1825.
‘Michael Pearsons informative book ‘Kent clockmakers and
Category
1830s English Regency Antique Book Bank
Materials
Wood
Transcendental vision. Oil on canvas, 93x92 cm
By Juris Zvirbulis
Located in Riga, LV
Latvia.
In 1974 his illustrations for the A.S. Pushkin's book, "Eugene Onegin" (published Liesma) was
Category
1770s Abstract Antique Book Bank
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Late 17th Century Flemish Biblical Tapestry ( 7'8" x 10'4" - 235 x 315 )
Located in New York, NY
iconographic source is the Apocryphal Book of Tobit (O.T.). The
present panel displays vigorous, almost life
Category
1690s Belgian Antique Book Bank
Materials
Wool, Silk
English Portraits of Lady, Dorothy & Jane Wood c.1750, Remarkable Carved Frames
By John Theodore Heins
Located in London, GB
Gurney’s Bank House) until 1778 before moving to another one at 10 St Stephen’s Street, Norwich. Later
Category
18th Century Old Masters Antique Book Bank
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 37.01 in W 32.88 in D 3.94 in
Portrait of Lady in Mob Cap - British Old Master 18th century art oil painting
Located in London, GB
Guildford, Surrey, the son of John Russell Snr., book and print seller and five times mayor of the town; his
Category
18th Century Old Masters Antique Book Bank
Materials
Oil
Clare College, Cambridge / Clare Hall / King's College engraving by Stadler
Located in London, GB
of King's College, Cambridge on the far bank. Victorian figures, several with parasols, picnic or
Category
1810s Realist Antique Book Bank
Materials
Aquatint
Original Japanese Woodblock Print by Hokusai Katsushika, 葛飾北齋 '1760-1849'
Located in Norton, MA
depicts a young man riding along a river bank, using a willow branch as a whip. Hieroglyphically titled in
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Book Bank
Materials
Paper
Clay jug on a bench - The essence of the clay jar revealed by the sunlight -
By Hans Richard von Volkmann
Located in Berlin, DE
Künstlerbund from 1906. Through his father, Richard von Volkmann, he also had an affinity for book illustration
Category
1890s Naturalistic Antique Book Bank
Materials
Watercolor
Harness Racer at Belmont Park 1884, Philadelphia
Located in Wiscasett, ME
an art firm, this time creating an array of necessities, such as bank notes and advertisements, as
Category
1880s Folk Art Antique Book Bank
Materials
Oil
"Harness Racer at Belmont Park 1884, Philadelphia" by Agustus Kollner
Located in Wiscasset, ME
an art firm, this time creating an array of necessities, such as bank notes and advertisements, as
Category
1880s American Folk Art Antique Book Bank
Materials
Paint, Paper
19th Century French Enamel Plaque Depicting 'The Finding of Moses'
Located in London, GB
, otherwise known as Moses in the Bulrushes, a Biblical story taken from the Book of Exodus. The subject has
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Book Bank
Materials
Enamel
A Yorkshire Dell or The Heron’s Pool.
By Sir Frank Short
Located in Storrs, CT
identified a very slight chalk sketch of this subject in a sketch-book of subjects in Scotland; so the title
Category
Early 20th Century Romantic Antique Book Bank
Materials
Etching, Mezzotint
Lac De Geneve - French Impressionist Oil, Night Landscape by Henri Duhem
By Henri Duhem
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
piece depicts a view of a cottage beside a path that runs along the bank of Lake Geneva in Switzerland
Category
1910s Impressionist Antique Book Bank
Materials
Oil, Panel
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At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal antique book bank for your home. Frequently made of wood, metal and mahogany, every antique book bank was constructed with great care. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer antique book bank, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. Each antique book bank bearing folk art, Victorian or Georgian hallmarks is very popular. Many designers have produced at least one well-made antique book bank over the years, but those crafted by Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg, A.C. Williams Company and A. C. Williams Company are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
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