William and Daisy Parkinson's Cobalt Blue-decorated stoneware Puzzle Banks, Probably Ohio, Dated 1886

Comprising an extremely rare pair, each depicting a bird atop alternating  twisted and tubular arches, the shaft below pierced with rectangles and triangles and revealing a Bird inside of the hollow. The sides with two tiers of eighteen stylized birds, the bulbous base below with coin slot and inscribed Wm PARKINSON and DAISY PARKINSON and the date 1886 respectively
Decorated with cobalt blue dots and the impressed names and dates
Filled with cobalt blue.

Wm Harrison example: Chips and/or minor flakes to the twelve birds around the midsection, with one bird missing its neck and head. Chips to the base and to the back of finial bird's head, also small chip to one of the small birds on upper section. Daisy Parker example: Some minor flakes to the birds around the mid-section and Flake to finial bird's tail and small chip to back of head.
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