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Snow Babies, Santas, and Elves: Collecting Christmas Bisque Figures
Mary Morrison
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Description for Snow Babies, Santas, and Elves: Collecting Christmas Bisque Figures
Paperback. Snow Baby bisque figures include all-white frothy children, smaller action snow babies, and rare blue and pink snow pieces. Included are chapters on related bisque Santas, elves, dwarves, snowmen, buildings, animals, and other pieces that are collected and displayed with snow babies. A rarity scale and price guide are included. Num Pages: 160 pages, 693 color photos. BIC Classification: WFA; WFH; WFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 217 x 13. Weight in Grams: 758.
Snow babies appeal not only to Christmas enthusiasts, but to collectors of dolls, figurines, and miniatures. Principally manufactured in Germany in the early part of this century, these tiny grouted figures decorated cakes in England and mantel pieces in the United States. Today they are avidly sought by collectors, who still use them to create little winter scenes. This carefully researched and documented book explores the origins of snow babies. (Were they created to honor Marie Peary, the daughter of Admiral Peary and the first white baby born in Northern Greenland?) The collection of 700 color photographs, the ... Read more
Snow babies appeal not only to Christmas enthusiasts, but to collectors of dolls, figurines, and miniatures. Principally manufactured in Germany in the early part of this century, these tiny grouted figures decorated cakes in England and mantel pieces in the United States. Today they are avidly sought by collectors, who still use them to create little winter scenes. This carefully researched and documented book explores the origins of snow babies. (Were they created to honor Marie Peary, the daughter of Admiral Peary and the first white baby born in Northern Greenland?) The collection of 700 color photographs, the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780887404931
SKU
V9780887404931
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-2
About Mary Morrison
Mary Morrison, who collects and writes in Marin County, California, has been an educator all her adult life. Here she has compiled pages of information on identifying, categorizing, cleaning, and displaying these wonderful little figures. Her book is sure to delight anyone who is interested in dolls or antique Christmas, or who merely loves fine old bisque.
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