C. 1940s Chalkware Hereford Bull Still Bank with Great Fur and Face silver-plate cup I can almost hear it

I can almost hear it chirping

just a split to the wood of the roof on one side

Carved of pine I believe from one piece of wood

found inside

Box measures 3 1/8” d x 1 3/8” t

C. 1940s Chalkware Hereford Bull Still Bank with Great Fur and Face silver-plate cup I can almost hear itThis came from the Gloucester, MA estate sale of a collector of a great deal of chalkware (and many other things!) a lot of it not so much my cup of tea, but some treasures to be found. My first thought when I spotted this guy was of a butcher shop display piece, and while I don't believe as a coin bank that he was that, he would certainly have been at home on the counter or in the window looking over various cuts of beef. Fabulous texture for his fur