THREE (3) VINTAGE 1980S FRANKLIN MINT PETER BARRETT BISQUE HAND PAINTED PORCELAIN BIRD BELLS

CREATED IN FINE BISQUE PORCELAIN, HAND PAINTED AND HAND DECORATED WITH 24 KARAT GOLD RIM STRIPE ON BELL BOTTOM EDGE. THEY WERE ISSUED BY FRANKLIN PORCELAIN IN THE USA BUT LOOKS LIKE THEY WERE MADE IN JAPAN. THEY WERE PRODUCED BETWEEN 1980 AND 1989.

THE BIRDS ARE MADE WITH THE UTMOST DETAILS THEY ALMOST COME ALIVE AS CAN BE SEEN ON SOME OF THE PHOTOS.
 
INCLUDED ARE:

THE AMERICAN GOLDFINCH (COPYRIGHT 1980). HAVE CLAPPER INTACT AND A MADE IN JAPAN STICKER. APART FROM A COUPLE OF FLOWER BLOSSOM SPIKES BROKEN IT IS IN GOOD CONDITION.
 
THE NUTHATCH (COPYRIGHT 1983). NO CLAPPER AND HAS SOME PINE NEEDLES BROKEN. BIRD ITSELF IN GOOD CONDITION.
 
THE BLACK CAPPED CHICKADEE (COPYRIGHT 1981). HAVE CLAPPER IN TACT. APART FROM TWO SMALL FLOWER BUDS BROKEN (NOT EASILY VISIBLE) IT IS IN GOOD CONDITION.
 
SIZE: 13CM HIGH 7CM DIAMETER BASE
 
FRANKLIN MINT PORCELAIN: The Franklin Mint was founded in the mid-1960s IN THE USA  to produce collectibles. Ceramics included bisque (unglazed porcelain) statues of wildlife, birds and flowers.
The Mint marketed their products as investments which the buyer could enjoy over time as the value of the object increased. The company advertised in many magazines for the general public, indicating that the objects for sale were being made in "limited" quantities, and that once the run was completed the molds would be destroyed, guaranteeing the buyer a collectible.
Although the company still exists in name, the Franklin Mint's heyday of production is over.
 
ALSO SEE MY OTHER ITEMS LISTED. I HAVE VARIOUS OTHER CERAMIC AND PORCELAIN ITEMS ON AUCTION THIS WEEK.