Collecting Penny Boxes, Including a Courtesy Coin Box; Detroit, USA

A COURTESY COIN BOX CO. "COURTESY PAYS" COIN BOX

Likely attached to the side of candlestick telephones, in fine original condition, green enamel with remarkably intact gilted decals to the front and original key 70 x 60 x 30mm

A Dr Barnardo's Collecting Penny Box, English, Circa 1880-1900s,

A veneered pine box, with an illustration on the front, showing a shoeless ragged child before coming to Barnardo's home for 'destitute lads' and a picture of the same child working in the home's garden. Dr Barnardo opened his first home in 1870. Penny boxes were distributed to homes in England as a means of fundraising from the local community. The rear of the box has a pasted list, noting all the services offered by the charity, box measures 150 x 60 x 100mm

A BOX OF R. BELL & CO's. ROYAL VESTAS MATCHES

A finely preserved box, with a small loss to lower corner of top, full of original matches with striker also predominantly intact 167 x 90 x 20mm