A coconut 'bugbear' moneybox

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A coconut 'bugbear' moneybox
profusely carved with figures, animals, birds and inscriptions, bearing the date 1886, the end modelled with a grotesque mask inset with mother-of-pearl eyes, Continental, last quarter 19th century -- 4¾in. (12cm) long
See Illustration.

Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Edward H. Pinto, Treen and other Wooden Bygones, Bell & Hyman, London 1969. Pages 193-94, similar examples are illustrated plates 203 & 204.

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