On View In:
Gallery 110
Artist:   Charles A. Bailey
Charles A. Bailey  
Title:   "Springing Cat" mechanical bank  
Date:   c. 1882  
Medium:   Lead, pigment, wood  
Dimensions:   3 3/4 x 9 1/8 x 2 5/8 in. (9.53 x 23.18 x 6.67 cm)  
Credit Line:   Gift of Katherine Kierland Herberger  
Location:   Gallery 110  

Artist/Creator(s)     
Name:   Bailey, Charles A.  
Role:   Designer  
Nationality:   American (Middletown, CT)  
Life Dates:   American, 1848-1926  
 
Name:   Charles A. Bailey  
Role:   Manufacturer  
Life Dates:   Cobalt, Connecticut  
 

Object Description  
  
Inscriptions:   Sticker on bottom, on sticker: [#250-4 / Springing Cat (Lead) / 722000 3500 / Neg]  
Classification:   Dolls, Toys and Games  
Physical Description:   green, gold, yellow and red openwork base with 4 kings (?), flowers and cherries; orange cat pounces on small mouse-like animal  
Accession #:   2003.236.229a,b  
Owner:   The Minneapolis Institute of Arts