-The Traveling Teller (registering)- still bank c. 1904

This metal still bank, a ‘Traveling Teller,’ was made by the Automatic Recording Safe Co. sometime in the past. What a curious little object! I'm imagining the person who designed it, maybe even tinkered with it, trying to get the slots just right for the nickels and dimes. I wonder if they ever imagined it would end up in a museum. It’s so interesting, the way the object is trying to teach you something, to teach you the value of money! I think of all the hands that have held it, the coins it has collected. You know, an artist is always looking for inspiration, and sometimes it comes from the most unexpected places, like this. It reminds me how even the most functional object can become something beautiful, something that makes you think. Isn't it wild how we humans keep building on each other's ideas, like one big conversation through time?