[Piggy Bank] [Miniature Tin Stove] Radiation "Regulo" Controlled Gas Cooker

England: Radiation Patents or Radiation Ltd, 1935. Very Good. We believe that this piggy bank toy or dollhouse oven and burner was a promotional vehicle, probably a gift to buyers and serious prospective buyers of the company's mainstay products. It is possible it sold the toy too, or alternatively. It is today scarce. The Victoria and Albert has one in its collection, from which we get the approximate dating of 1935. This is 21.5 cm tall, when top hood is up, 8 cm wide at widest, 8 cm deep at the deepest. Radiation Ltd. was formed with several mergers in 1919 and continued in business until 1967 when it was acquired. The "Regulo" technology was the engine of the company's growth, and this was premiered in the mid-1920s. As typical of tin toys and boxes of this age, there are some scratches, patches of rush, worn surfaces, perhaps some unwanted bends and dents, although nothing significant in our copy. We would regard the wear as rather minimal to perhaps moderate. We are missing the key to lock and open the bank chamber, which is now open, but will stay closed if one doesn't shake the object.