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  • Black Caricature Bank
    Castiron coin bank made to resemble a caricatured black man. His ears are noticeably cartoonish, and his lips are bright red and wide with white teeth. He has an arm outstretched which acts as a lever; when operated, the arm raises the hand to the mouth, causing the 'tongue'-plate to move out of the way and the eyes to roll forward. This hand is also hollowed out in the shape of a coin, suggesting that a coin placed in the hand would easily drop into the bank. The man wears what appears to be a red uniform coat, trimmed in white with three gold stripes on the lever arm. The back of the figure contains no branding, and there is a hole in the bottom of the bank.
  • Cardboard Box for Fumistine Metal Polish
    Cardboard box. The box is empty. The sides of the box are black, and each contain the word "Fumistine" in a white panel with black text. On the two long sides, the 'Fumistine' panel is centred, with text to the left side reading "cuisineres, fourneaux" and to the right reading "poêles, tuyaux." The top of the box depicts a black caricature figure at the centre, smiling wide and brandishing a cleaning cloth in one hand and (presumably) Fumistine polish in the other. The man wears an apron and leans over a surface. The word 'Fumistine' is printed across the foreground of the image, as if it rests on top of the surface. In the surface the mirrors of 'umistine' are visible. The man's arms overlap the 'um' and the 'in' slightly. At the top of the image, bracketing the man's head, words are printed: "la pate qui nettoie et fait briller - la fonte et l'acier."
  • Christmas chocolate with blackface
    Chocolate in the shape of a man with foil wrapper depicting smiling black person with sack of treats.
  • Christmas chocolate with blackface
    Chocolate in the shape of a man with foil wrapper depicting smiling black person with sack of treats (wearing a green hat).
  • Jolly Nigger Bank
    Castiron coin bank made to resemble blackface caricature of a black person. The figure has an arm outstretched which acts as a lever. When raised, the arm 'opens' the figure's mouth (by removing the 'tongue') and causes its eyes to roll back in its head. The figure wears a red buttondown shirt with a golden bowtie. Its skin is painted almost completely black, with large red lips and white teeth. On the back of the figure is a safety lever, which operates the arm mechanism as well. On the figure's back the words "Jolly Nigger Bank" are raised and painted white. The bottom bears the manufacturer's name: John Harper & Co., England.
  • Wooden Children's Toy
    Blackface caricature wooden rattle with faces on either side (one happy, one sad), red nose that has been pushed either side to create the faces, metal staples attached to create ears that have hooped earrings dangling down which create noise when the toy is moved. Attached to wooden rod which has a divot at the bottom showing it was previously inserted into something else (unknown).