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Humpty Dumpty Taken from the Maxfield Parrish Life Magazine Cover (March 17, 1921). Hollow back with no markings. Great detail in the casting. Height = 9 and 6/16 inches. |
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Beach Beauty Flat back with no markings. Height = 7 and 3/16 inches.
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Elvis Hollow back with no markings. Height = 11 and 1/16 inches.
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Kilroy Was Here Solid brass, full figure, with no markings. Height = 9 and 7/16 inches.
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Ariel, the Little Mermaid Hollow back with no markings. Height = 9 and 4/16 inches.
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| Mermaid on Rock Full figure in three parts, no markings. Height = 7 and 10/16 inches.
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| Mermaid on Rocks Hollowed out back, but very heavy. No markings. Height = 12 and 13/16 inches.
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| Wind-blown Deco
Girl Back is hollowed out, no markings. Wedges extend back from each side of the base. Height = 8 and 15/16 inches.
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| Lady Golfer
Hollowed out back and base, no markings. Height = 10 and 13/16 inches.
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| Lady Golfer Hollowed out back, marked with number "3" on the back of each arm. Height = 8 and 4/16 inches.
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| Overhead Golfer,
small Hollowed out behind his torso, and right leg extends forward, rest of back is flat. No markings. A smaller version of an older doorstop. Height = 7 and 12/16 inches.
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| On Top of the
World Full figure, the boy is solid iron, and the globe is hollow iron, filled with lead, making it remarkably heavy! Height = 5 and 13/16 inches.
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| Jack-O-Lantern
Scarecrow Hollowed out back but very heavy. Marked on the back of his head: "COLDWATER FOUNDRY". Height = 13 and 3/16 inches.
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| Warrior Monkey Full figure, hollow. No markings. Height = exactly 14 inches.
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| Small Halloween
Girl Solid base and flat back. Incised lettering on the back: "B&H Mfg. co" and script letters: "S.B." This is much smaller than the original Littco Halloween Girl, with quite different proportions, so not really a reproduction as much as a remake of the same general idea. Height = 9 and 5/16 inches.
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Kewpie After Grace Wiederseim (later Drayton) design. This doorstop is solid iron, full figure. Height = Exactly 10 inches.
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Babe Ruth Hollow back with no markings. Height = 8 and 12/16 inches.
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Baseball Player at the Plate Hollow back, solid base. On
back of base: Height = 9 and 14/16 inches.
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Bonnie Scotland Hollow back, marked with "GREENLEES GLASGOW" on the back, and on the front of the base: "BONNIE SCOTLAND". Height = 11 and 15/16 inches.
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| Buccaneer Hollowed out back, marked with number "BUCCANEER" and "COPR 1980" in and arch on the back behind his left boot. Under the arch is a "C" in a triangle. Height = 6 and 15/16 inches.
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Primitive Uncle Sam Solid flat back but hollowed out behind the trunk and head. Back is marked in the casting: "TIM & LOUISE FLINN 1990" and the back is also signed in white paint: " T.E. & L.S. Flinn". This is a very fine paint job in the primitive American style, with the original painting done by the designing artists. Height = 11 and 10/16 inches.
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Small Uncle Sam Hollow back with the number "8" on the back. Height = 9 and 6/16 inches.
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| Drinking Friar Back is completely flat. No markings. Cast in aluminum. Height = 5 and 11/16 inches.
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| Witch on Broom Back is completely flat. No markings. Height = 4 and 15/16 inches.
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Porno Man Interesting design becomes phallic when viewed from the back. Full figure solid. This one is brass, but also found in iron. Height = 6 and 1/16 inches. |
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| Hubley Rabbit Full figure solid, raised letters on the back of his head: "HUBLEY Height = 11 and 8/16 inches.
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All examples are cast iron unless noted otherwise.