Vending Banks
Produced between 1920 and 1935, vending banks served as clever promotional tools, dispensing chocolates, candies, and cigarettes. Often made of tin and created by third-party manufacturers, they were popular with brands like Germany’s Stollwerk Brothers and England’s Pasqual.
Vending Banks: Sweet Promotions from the Golden Age of Tin
Vending banks are a subset of mechanicals that were generally produced between 1920 and 1935. They were promotional items that were made to promote the items that they dispensed. The largest use of vending banks were by chocolate manufacturers such as the Stollwerk Brothers of Germany and Pasqual of England. Other things that were packed into these banks were candy, biscuits, and cigarettes. The manufacturers of the items in general did not make the bank, but had it supplied by a separate manufacturer. Most vending banks are made of tin.