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Mickey Mouse

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Mickey Mouse
A Wade, Heath & Co. Ltd. hand-painted porcelain figure of Mickey Mouse, 1935 -- 3in. (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

Sale room notice

Lots 9 and 11A have been incorrectly identified in the illustration on page 7 of the catalogue, lot 9 is on the right of the illustration, lot 11A on the left.

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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