Glasgow Evangelistic Assoc. Collection Bank for Evangelical Schemes and Free Breakfasts sailing ship thought his creations novel enough

thought his creations novel enough to have obtained a patent

8 3/8" x 6 7/8"

This is one of several just in drawings by Helen Wagner Malta (1912-1975)

ink and watercolor

but still very clearly our little Mary

Glasgow Evangelistic Assoc. Collection Bank for Evangelical Schemes and Free Breakfasts sailing ship thought his creations novel enoughSuch a fun one, most of all to me for the use of the phrase "Evangelical Schemes," impressed into one side of the loaf shaped collection bank. "Tent Hall Free Breakfasts" on the other, "and" on both short sides, and a paper label on the underside connecting it to the Glasgow United Evangelistic Association, which operated in Glasgow, Scotland from the late 19th c. until the early 1970s. I'd guess this dates to the 1930s 40s or so and clearly was meant