Lot Essay
'Dropping the ball bearing in the hole at the tops, it bounces down the pins, it then falls either way, one way cause the draw to open winning you a piece of chocolate, the other not'.
Details
A rare German Pinball Vending Saving Bank,
red lithographed tinplate, printed with scenes of a boy and girl, gold lining, coin slot to top, traps to base and back, in original patterned box with end label ' Automatic Ball Game Slot Machine', trade mark S.D.L./9., original key and original chocolate, 1920s (G-E, minor scratching, box G) --6¼in. (16cm) high
See colour plate 3
red lithographed tinplate, printed with scenes of a boy and girl, gold lining, coin slot to top, traps to base and back, in original patterned box with end label ' Automatic Ball Game Slot Machine', trade mark S.D.L./9., original key and original chocolate, 1920s (G-E, minor scratching, box G) --6¼in. (16cm) high
See colour plate 3
Literature
See The Bank Book, B.Norman, pub.Accent Studios, p.149, fig.4580.