On View In:
Gallery 110
Artist:   James H. Bowen
J. & E. Stevens Company  
Title:   "Owl, Turns Head" mechanical bank  
Date:   c. 1880  
Medium:   Iron, pigment, glass  
Dimensions:   7 3/4 x 3 7/8 x 3 1/16 in. (19.69 x 9.84 x 7.78 cm)  
Credit Line:   Gift of Katherine Kierland Herberger  
Location:   Gallery 110  

Artist/Creator(s)     
Name:   Bowen, James H.  
Role:   Designer  
Life Dates:   American, active c. 1877-1906  
 
Name:   J. & E. Stevens Company  
Role:   Manufacturer  
 

Object Description  
  
Inscriptions:   Inscription and Sticker on bottom, in relief: [PATd NO 232623}; on bottom of stopper, incised: il on bottom, on sticker: [#198-20 / x Owl / (Turns Head) / 6035 120 / #182M 4110]  
Classification:   Dolls, Toys and Games  
Physical Description:   owl perched on log; brown and black glass eyes; owl turns its head to PL  
Accession #:   2003.236.238a,b  
Owner:   The Minneapolis Institute of Arts