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Monthly Archives: February 2013
Listings 2.28.13
Ceramic Figurine Today! Buy It Now Link to My eBay Store at auction. Want more vintage Christmas? Check out my website,
Listings 2.24.13
Vintage Ornaments & Ceramic Candleholder Today! Buy It Now Link to My eBay Store at auction. Want more vintage Christmas? Check out my website,
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Tagged aluminum, anodized, bells, felt, free blown, glass balls, hand blown, litho box, mouse, ornament, ornaments, poland, stocking, vintage
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Department 56 Company History
Department 56 is best known for it’s lines of bisque porcelain collectibles, but also produces a wide variety of giftware for all holidays.Some twenty-five years ago, Department 56 began as part of Bachman’s, a premiere retail florist in Minneapolis. I … Continue reading
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Tagged collections, company history, department 56.dept 56, snowbabies, village
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Listings 2.21.13
Vintage Ceramics & Ornament Today! Buy It Now Link to My eBay Store at auction. Want more vintage Christmas? Check out my website,
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Tagged Bobbs Merrill, bunny, candleholder, candy, Dept 56, dish, Lenox Candles, mouse, ornament, porcelain, Raggedy Ann, serving, silverplate
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Listings 2.17.12
Vintage Tablecloth Today! Buy It Now Link to My eBay Store at auction. Want more vintage Christmas? Check out my website,
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Tagged border print, Christmas, pine cone, poinsettia, round, tablecloth, vintage
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Elf on the Shelf
So what is the relationship between the book The Elf on the Shelf and the vintage felt elves of the late 50s and 60s? While I searched the Elf on the Shelf website for the answer to this, I found … Continue reading
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Tagged elf, elf on the shelf, elves, knee hugger, vinyl head
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Listings 2.10.13
Homco Figurine Today! Buy It Now Link to My eBay Store at auction. Want more vintage Christmas? Check out my website,
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Christmas Tree Toppers
If I were to judge by the types of vintage tree toppers that I find most frequently, I would have to give the prize to angels, followed by stars and then by glass finials. I found some of the traditions … Continue reading
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Tagged angel, Christmas, collecting, collector, finial, modern, star, treetopper
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Listings 2.3.13
Musical Figurine & Treetopper Today! Buy It Now Link to My eBay Store at auction. Want more vintage Christmas? Check out my website,
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Tagged ceramic, figurine, glass, musical, revolving, treetopper, triple ball, vintage
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Ucagco Ceramics History
UCAGCO marked pieces of Christmas Ceramic Figurines are almost always marked Made in Japan and like other importers, one might assume that they were a Japanese company. Not so, as this brief history details. The offices of United China and … Continue reading