About this objectMoneybox. This stereotype of a black minstrel reflects attitudes of the time it was made, which we now see as racist. When you put a coin into his hand and pull a lever at the back, the man raises his arm and drops the coin into his mouth.
This moneybox was marketed as the “Sonny Boy” bank. Patented by Robert Patterson Starkie, and manufactured by Thomas Ashworth and Company (TACO) in Burnley, England.
MakerAshworth and Co, Thomas
Maker RoleManufacturer
Date Made1882-1952
Medium and Materialsaluminium, paint
Inscription and Markstrademark moulded on back
NO 601362 PATENTED IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES
