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Mickey Mouse
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Mickey Mouse

Details
Mickey Mouse
A Wade, Heath & Co. Ltd. hand-painted porcelain figure of Mickey Mouse, 1935 -- 3¾in. (9.5cm.) high, (no factory mark)
Literature
WARNER, Ian and POSGAY, Mike The World Of Wade, Book 2, Ohio: Antique Publications, 1994, pp. 115 & 116
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

In 1934, Wade, Heath & Co. Ltd. secured the sole selling rights for the British Empire (excluding Canada), to reproduce figures of popular Disney characters, initially Mickey, Minnie, Pluto and Horace Horsecollar. An advert for the Mickey Mouse figure appeared in the April 1935 issue of The Pottery Gazette and Glass Trade Review.

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