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MICKEY MOUSE
A FIFTEEN PIECE JAPANESE LUSTREWARE CHILDREN'S TEA SERVICE CIRCA 1930S, COMPRISING A TEAPOT AND SUGAR BASIN, THE LIDS MODELLED AS MICKEY'S HEAD, THE HANDLES AND SPOUT AS HIS HANDS AND ARMS, A MILK JUG, THE TOP MODELLED AS MICKEY'S HEAD, THE HANDLE AS HIS ARM, AND SIX CUPS AND SAUCERS, THE CUPS ALL DECORATED WITH A PRINTED AND COLOURED FIGURES OF MICKEY MOUSE HOLDING A RIFLE, THE SAUCERS SIMILARLY DECORATED WITH A MICKEY FIGURE WITH HANDS ON HIPS, MARKETED BY GEORGE BORGFELDT CORPORATION, U.S.A., LARGEST -- 4½IN. (11.4CM.) HIGH (15)
A FIFTEEN PIECE JAPANESE LUSTREWARE CHILDREN'S TEA SERVICE CIRCA 1930S, COMPRISING A TEAPOT AND SUGAR BASIN, THE LIDS MODELLED AS MICKEY'S HEAD, THE HANDLES AND SPOUT AS HIS HANDS AND ARMS, A MILK JUG, THE TOP MODELLED AS MICKEY'S HEAD, THE HANDLE AS HIS ARM, AND SIX CUPS AND SAUCERS, THE CUPS ALL DECORATED WITH A PRINTED AND COLOURED FIGURES OF MICKEY MOUSE HOLDING A RIFLE, THE SAUCERS SIMILARLY DECORATED WITH A MICKEY FIGURE WITH HANDS ON HIPS, MARKETED BY GEORGE BORGFELDT CORPORATION, U.S.A., LARGEST -- 4½IN. (11.4CM.) HIGH (15)
Literature
SHINE, BERNARD, C. WALT DISNEY'S MICKEY MOUSE MEMORABILIA -- THE VINTAGE YEARS 1928-1938, NEW YORK: HARRY N. ABRAMS, 1986, PP. 104-106 (ILLUS.)