EUC Collectible Red Goose Cast Iron Coin Bank

Adorable collectible antique small cast iron barn-red goose piggy bank. It was a promotional item for company, Red Goose Shoes. Approximately 4.5”x3”. The Red Goose Shoe Company of St. Louis, Missouri, began selling shoes to pioneer families headed west in 1869. The company's name was originally Gieseke-D'Oench-Hayes, after its founders, but when the company became advertising conscious in the early 1900's, they changed the name. Gieseke is German slang for "goose" so the goose image came naturally. The red color came later when, during the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904, some stock boys painted the goose on the cartons red. The head of the company liked the idea, and so Red Goose Shoes was trademarked in 1906. This large statue of a red goose with the Red Goose logo on its breast is the personification of the Red Goose icon. Tea cup in last photo is not for sale - to show scale only. Non-smoking home. I LOVE OFFERS!!! In the style of Anthropologie, Pottery Barn, Crate & Barrel, Magnolia, Hearth & Hand, Pier1, World Market, country, antique, kitsch, rustic, shabby chic TOTE Q