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Mickey Mouse

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Mickey Mouse
A Royal Paragon China 'Mickey Mouse Series' baby's plate, printed and hand-painted with a scene depicting Mickey Mouse dancing with Minnie Mouse and the words Happy days are here again -- 7in. (17.9cm.) diam.
Literature
BATKIN, Maureen, Gifts for Good Children: The History of Children's China, Part II 1890-1990, Somerset: Richard Dennis, 1996, pp. 9 and 124-125 (illus.)

Lot Essay

The Paragon China Co. Ltd. was one of the first pottery manufacturers to produce children's china depicting Mickey Mouse and other Walt Disney characters. Production of the series featured in this lot and the following lot began in 1930.

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