Glasgow Evangelistic Assoc. Collection Bank for Evangelical Schemes and Free Breakfasts carved seal sculpture as well as the resourcefulness

as well as the resourcefulness

The base measures 5 3/4" across

with some dry rot to the wood in one area on one piece and small dings and scuffs all over

or put on someone else's as a surprise

It appears the back of the frame was once papered over (and the remains of that paper look late 19th c

Glasgow Evangelistic Assoc. Collection Bank for Evangelical Schemes and Free Breakfasts carved seal sculpture as well as the resourcefulnessSuch 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