Show and Tell Friday -double swan vase

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We are nearing the end of my Swan collection and I didn't know I had so many until I began photographing them for Show and Tell. I have a few odd balls left, some pictured below.

Painted beaks are rubbing off on this McCoy double vase, but I will like them just fine when they are yellow all over! The pair below is interesting, because the one on the right is an older Enesco, when it was still N. S. Co, and the one on the left is newer, made in Japan and was cast with a pieced neck seam. Some minor differences, but obviously a copy.
This little black swan is not marked, but i found a similar one that was marked and the ad read "A wonderful piece of 1940-50's California Pottery. Marked "Roselane 261" on the bottom. Approx 7 3/4" tall x 4" across body"

Show and Tell Friday- Nelson McCoy swan

I am doing swans again for Show and Tell Friday at Kelli's!

Another of my Favorite Swans, (I seem to have a lot of favorites!) this one is by Nelson McCoy and is my smallest McCoy swan. I really like the color of pink and the detail. She is more realistic than stylistic. Here is another picture, with two of the swans from last week for comparison.

Show and Tell Friday, smaller swans

I am doing swans again for Show and Tell Friday at Kelli's!

This is a smaller Niloak swan, and she has a chip out on the inside as you can see below. The smaller swan is unmarked.

This blue girl and most of the ones pictured here today would have been used as Napkin holders as I discussed earlier in the series. The one below has a lot of crazing and I have trouble reading the markings on the bottom.

I think it says that it was made in 1987, which doesn't make it very old so I think the crazing was part of the glazing process, not a result of aging.

Here is another napkin holder!

This one is a little larger than the others and I am showing both sides since it is asymetrical. Unmarked.

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Brush Swan- Show and Tell Fridays

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This Brush Swan is old and has crazing which I really like. Marked 681, Brush pottery was at one time owned by Brush McCoy. The original company was started by a Brush, who then joined forces with the McCoy folks. Very similar colors and glazes. This is a fairly large swan. You can see the swans featured so far by clicking on SWANS in the Labels section to the right.

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Swans for Show and Tell Friday

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Here are some of my white swans, some with painted beaks and some without. The first three are unmarked and very different from one another, I like the lines of the largest one the best, but the one in front has a cheeky tilt to her head. She makes me smile.

This little girl was made in West Germany by Goebel. She is unglazed but has a painted beak, much of which has flaked off.

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Show and Tell Friday Swans again

I really like the lines of this one, and she is floating on her own little wave!
These two appear to have been made in the same mode or cast, but the pink one has a Made in Japan stamp on the bottom. Her head is a little wider than the white one.

I like them both.



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My Pinky Peach Swans- Show and Tell Friday

Most of these have no marks, but the 2nd from the bottom is identical in shape if not size to a McCoy swan. The big one in the back left would not have been a napkin holder, but I think the rest of them would have worked! Isn't it interesting how many representative shapes and poses there are for this particular bird?
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Show and Tell Friday- Lioness Picture

I am skipping the swans this week, because I thought we were supposed to show something we made ourselves for show and tell this time.

This is one of my cross-stitch projects, back before I started wearing tri-focals! I stitched the mat out of plastic canvas because I wanted to to play with the shape. I love this Mama Lion's expression. This cub is wearing her out! I did this about 11 years ago and still love it. I went crazy for a couple of years there and did cross-stitch pictures for every member of my family, and I come from a large family. I have an unfinished one of a wolf that I would like to give to a friend of mine, if I could get my eyes to focus long enough.

I will be back with more swans next week!

Blue Swans- Show and Tell Friday

My blue swans, of varying hues and sizes. The largest is a Niloak, and unfortunately there is a chip out of the back, near the lowest point of her tail, on the inside. It doesn't hurt for display purposes, but does affect the value. While photographing these, I remembered when I started gathering the small ones.
I had a collection of W. S. George petalware for my dishes, and I thought the small swans, in their corresponding pastel colors, would make neat napkin holders with the plates. I would accordian pleat the napkins, fold them in half, and stick them in the small swan vases. Then I could place the swans in the center of the top dish and TA DA! Unfortunately, I stored the plates on a shelf that one day came smashing down and broke most of them. Sigh.
I still think lots of the smaller swans would make neat napkin holders, I just don't have the right dishes to set a table with them.