To the market and is being listed with. This is the “SPEAKING DOG” Blue Dress Mechanical Bank c1880’s made by the J. Made the bank with two different painting patterns. In one type the girl had a red dress and in the other she had a blue dress. The blue dress is considered to be much rarer and more valuable. According to the “Official Price Guide to Mechanical Banks” by Dan Morphy. A blue dress Speaking Dog is worth twice as much as a Speaking Dog in a red dress. It was originally made by the Shepard Hardware Co. And then later by the J. Other than variations in the painting, the only differences between the Stevens bank and the Shepard bank are the coin traps. Shepard used the conventional rectangular locking trap and Stevens used their regular round coin trap. This bank enjoyed wide popularity then and is still a favorite of collectors today. There are no cracks, breaks or other damage and has wonderful and bright paint with vivid patina. All the paint is original and the paint on the girl’s face is. To operate, a coin is placed on top of the girl’s tray. Then all the following happens when the operating lever is depressed–a section of the seat under the tray opens– the right arm moves back dropping the coin into the open seat section–the dog opens his mouth as though barking–the tail of the dog swings up. On releasing the lever all parts return to their original position except the tail which is counter balanced so it wags up and down for a short period of time. The bank works properly and has the typical Steven’s coin trap. It is approximately 7″ long, 7″ high and 2 1/3 wide. Make this wonderful piece a part of your collection! The item “Cast Iron SPEAKING DOG(BLUE DRESS) Mechanical Bank Original Antique Americana” is in sale since Wednesday, November 18, 2015. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Banks, Registers & Vending\Mechanical Banks”. The seller is “thingsnsuch100″ and is located in Brookfield, Ohio. This item can be shipped to United States, to Canada, to United Kingdom, DK, RO, SK, BG, CZ, FI, HU, LV, LT, MT, EE, to Australia, GR, PT, CY, SI, to Japan, to China, SE, KR, ID, to Taiwan, TH, to Belgium, to France, to Hong Kong, to Ireland, to Netherlands, PL, to Spain, to Italy, to Germany, to Austria, RU, IL, to Mexico, to New Zealand, SG, to Switzerland, NO, SA, UA, AE, QA, KW, BH, HR, MY, CL, CO, CR, DO, PA, TT, GT, SV, HN, JM.

• Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
• Original/Reproduction: Original