On View In:
Gallery 110
Artist:   Charles A. Bailey
J. & E. Stevens Company  
Title:   "Hen and Chick" mechanical bank  
Date:   c. 1901  
Medium:   Iron, pigment  
Dimensions:   4 1/2 x 9 7/8 x 3 7/8 in. (11.43 x 25.08 x 9.84 cm)  
Credit Line:   Gift of Katherine Kierland Herberger  
Location:   Gallery 110  

Artist/Creator(s)     
Name:   J. & E. Stevens Company  
Role:   Manufacturer  
 
Name:   Bailey, Charles A.  
Role:   Designer  
Nationality:   American (Middletown, CT)  
Life Dates:   American, 1848-1926  
 

Object Description  
  
Inscriptions:   Inscription and Sticker On bottom in relief: [PAT APLED FOR] on bottom, on sticker: [# 114-11 / "Hen and Chick" / 73525 475 / 4535 / 121M]  
Classification:   Dolls, Toys and Games  
Physical Description:   hen sitting on a brownish rectangular platform with a little chick in between her legs  
Accession #:   2003.236.46a,b  
Owner:   The Minneapolis Institute of Arts