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<h1>Favorite Brands</h1>
<p>Many ‘modern’ creamers (and teapots, and pitchers, etc) have stickers or marks which identify their
makers, and I’ve tried to identify them in the appropriate theme section. Here I’m featuring just a few
factories or brands, selected either because I have quite a number of their cows in my collection, or
because their brand names are quite well known, or just because I personally find them pretty special.</p>
<p>There are two makers or cow creamers that I like best of all. The first of these is <strong>Goebel</strong>
of (West) Germany, perhaps best known for their Hummel figurines (yes, I had some Hummels --inherited from
my Grandmother and since passed to one of my sons -- but they don’t pass muster for this collection). Goebel seems to have made quite a
number of cow creamers and pitchers over the years (they bear a number of different Goebel marks, from the
Crown through various bees), some realistic, others fanciful. I would hope that some serious Goebel
collector can perhaps tell me how many cow creamers and pitchers they have actually produced – I’ve tried
the web and a number of books, but without success. I will start this page with their cow creamers.</p>
<p> The second of my favorite makers is (or are) <strong>Schafer and Vater </strong> (S&V) of Rudolstadt, Germany.
Their cow (and other animal) creamers follow the Goebels. There's a bit more about them at the start of that section.</p>
<p> <div align="center"> As a reminder, click on any thumbnails to get a larger picture.</div></p>
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<a href="favbrands/167su17163.jpg"><img src="favbrands/167su17163r.jpg" width="240" height="145" alt="Two brown and white Goebel cow creamers and a sugar"></a></div>
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<p>From the number of these that come available on eBay, they seem to be the most common of the <strong>Goebel</strong>
cow creamers. The smaller version of the standing creamer has a matching sugar bowl, but I’ve never
found one for the larger creamer. This model has also been used fairly widely for souvenirs.</p></blockquote>
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<td><a href="favbrands/114s.jpg"><img src="favbrands/114sr.jpg" width="210" height="110" alt="Three Goebel cow caricature creamers"></a></td>
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<p>These Goebel caricatures of a cow with a large back opening and outsized udder (must be
uncomfortable) are also fairly common, and were popular as a souvenir…at least at Niagara Falls.
They all bear the Large V bee, used by Goebel from 1950-1955. The two with brown spots also say
“Germany” which implies they were made for sale in the US, which requires country of origin
markings. The matte white one has the Goebel mark on a hoof along with “Foreign”. That term was
initially used for German products sold in the UK after WWI, but this one is too modern for that so I
don’t know the reason for the designation. Maybe again UK though, since there was unlikely to be much
love for German products there for quite some time after WWII.</p>
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<a href="favbrands/111agoebel.JPG"><img src="favbrands/111agoebelr.jpg" width="205" height="138" alt="Goebel 'mooing' cow creamer"></a>
<a href="favbrands/111.JPG"><img src="favbrands/111r.jpg" width="200" height="137" hspace="5" alt="Copy of Goebel 'mooing' cow creamer"></a>
<a href="favbrands/111dup.JPG"><img src="favbrands/111dupr.jpg" width="200" height="137" alt="unmarked copy of Goebel 'mooing' cow creamer"></a></div>
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<p>Many of the Goebel creamers have apparently been copied by other manufacturers. The smaller of the
brown and white ones in the first picture has many close ‘relatives’, and I have a couple of the
outsized-udder ones that are unmarked and quite similar to the Goebels. Here’s a third example – the
cow on the left is marked for “Goebel, W. Germany” and came to me from an eBay seller in the UK. I
bought the other two on a trip to Germany; the middle one is
marked “Made in W. Germany”, and the one on the right – that has some extra ceramic on the neck – is
unmarked. The ‘original’ has the horns and ears separated while they’re merged in the copies. </p>
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<a href="favbrands/p11p11dupgoebelwild.jpg"><img src="favbrands/p11p11dupgoebelwildr.jpg" width="180" height="145" hspace="5" alt="Orange and Green Goebel caricature cow pitchers"></a>
<a href="favbrands/p11p11dupbase.jpg"><img src="favbrands/p11p11dupbaser.jpg" width="200" height="145" alt=base of Goebel cp0w caricature pitchers"></a></div>
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<p> Apparently the Goebel folks had a sense of humor, at least early on...these two wild cow pitcher caricatures both bear the crown mark and a similar stamp, as well as an incised "Dep" and a mold mark, "S499". This dates them to somewhere in the mid to late 1930s. I believe these are fairly uncommon - I have only seen the ones I bought. I'm of course wondering if they were made in other strange colors.</p></blockquote>
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<a href="favbrands/p27goebelhead.jpg"><img src="favbrands/p27goebelheadr.jpg" width="126" height="145" alt="Goebel cow head pitcher"></div></td>
<td><p> This one isn't quite as wild as the orange and green ones, but is still somewhat unusual in being
just a cow head pitcher, presumably designed for a child. It is called "Daiseybelle" - originally it came wiuth a silver sticker with its nanme. I have also shown it on the Heads page,
near a very similar one that bears a little rhyme. </p></td>
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<a href="favbrands/barrel.jpg"><img src="favbrands/barrelr.jpg" width="140" height="160" alt="Goebel cow head sticking out of a barrel cow creamer"></div></td>
<td><p> This is another fanciful Goebel creamer, a cow's head sticking out of a barrel. They must have been especially proud of it because in addition to the usual mark, in this case a small V=bee, if also is stamped for "Western Germany, by W. Goebel" and has an impressed mold mark of S202 as well as the date, "1960". </p></td>
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<td><a href="favbrands/8685crowngoebel.jpg"><img src="favbrands/8685crowngoebelr.jpg" width="215" height="145" alt="Two realistic Goebel brown cow creamers"></a></td>
<td> <p>These two realistic early Goebel cow creamers appear very similar and bears the Crown mark. The larger has the initials “Z.V.”, and the smaller one has a mold mark that I believe to be “473”. </p>
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<td><a href="favbrands/7fb.JPG"><img src="favbrands/7fbr.jpg" width="200" height="151" alt="Brown Goebel cow creamer"></a></td>
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<p>This one looks similar and bears the incised Crown mark as well as the
letter “S” and the mold mark “465” over “3”. </p>
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<p>These two are from a very similar if not identical mold to the brown one above, and have a mold mark of 465 over 0. However they bear the large V-bee instead of the crown, in both a stamp and an impression. One of these made its way to Niagara Falls, and is also shown with other Goebel creamers from there on the Advertising and Souvenirs page. </p>
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<td><a href="favbrands/goebels.JPG"><img src="favbrands/goebelsr.jpg" width="200" height="125" alt="Three realistic Goebel cow creamers"></a></td>
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<p>Three more with the crown mark, displaying the differences in size and coloration of this style mold.</p>
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<a href="favbrands/167a.JPG"><img src="favbrands/167ar.JPG" width="200" height="147"
hspace="5" alt="Goebel brown and white cow creamer marked for US zone of Germany, side"></a>
<a href="favbrands/167a1.JPG"><img src="favbrands/167a1r.JPG" width="200" height="102" alt="Goebel brown and white cow creamer marked for US zone of Germany, mark"></a>
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<p>Goebel was founded in 1871, and its first porcelain factory was opened in 1878 in Oeslau-Rödental,
in the Coburg district of Bavaria. Following the end of WWII, this area became part of the US Zone of Germany, as this interesting stamp on one of the more popular Goebel cow creamers testifies. It was used between 1946 and 1948.</p></blockquote>
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<td><a href="favbrands/8fb.JPG"><img src="favbrands/8fbr.jpg" width="200" height="123" alt="Two matte white Goebel cow creamers"></a></td>
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<p>These two matte white Goebel cow creamers both have the stamped full V-bee mark. The one with the bell
has the mark on the bottom of the left front hoof, which is unusual since brand marks are usually on
the belly as is the case with the one without a bell (and less distinct mold impressions). It also
has a circle with “Foreign” inside, making me think it may have been a British import. </p>
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<td><a href="favbrands/586.JPG"><img src="favbrands/586r.jpg" width="200" height="141" alt="Glazed white Goabel cow creamer"</a></td>
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<p>Here is another white "Goebel, W. Germany" creamer, from a slightly
different mold, and glazed. </p>
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<a href="favbrands/623.JPG"><img src="favbrands/623r.jpg" width="200" height="155" hspace="5" alt="White Goebel cow creamer souvenir of Schwartzwald"></a>
<a href="favbrands/625.JPG"><img src="favbrands/625r.jpg" width="200" height="155" alt="Souvenir Goebel cow creamer"></a></div>
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<p> Goebel cow creamers appear to be, or at least to have been, popular as souvenirs in Germany. Here are a white one with a sticker for Goebel that’s displaying “Grus aus dem Schwartzwald”, and a brown and white one with the small V-bee symbol – similar to but smaller than the ones in the first picture – that shows Hansel and Gretel in “Marchenhain-Niederhimbach”. This one also sports a gold and black sticker on left flank for “E&A, Böckling, Neudenau”.</p></blockquote>
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<td><a href="favbrands/9fb.JPG"><img src="favbrands/9fbr.jpg" width="200" height="145" alt="Goebel lovely kneeling cow creamer"></a></td>
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<p>Finally for the Goebel part of the collection, here’s a beautifully crafted kneeling cow creamer bearing
what’s known as the double crown mark: an incised “wide crown WG” which was in use from 1935-1945,
also “S” and “471/2”, plus a green stamp with the same wide crown WG mark.</p>
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<p><strong>Schafer and Vater </strong>(S&V) is my other favorite brand. Gustav Schafer and Gunther Vater
founded their factory in Volkstedt Rudolstadt, Thuringa, Germany in 1890, to produce high quality
porcelain. In 1896 they purchased the List Porcelain Factory at Neuhaus, and by 1910 Sears Roebuck
Company began to import and distribute Schafer & Vater pottery into the US. In 1913 Paul Schafer took
over from his father and, working alongside Gunther Vater, built up a successful workforce of around
200 people, using 3 kilns. In 1918 the factory was destroyed by fire and they set up a new factory to
resume production. I have been told by a knowledgeable S&V collector that after this time they made
only utilitarian items, so presumably all my fanciful animal creamers came from the first factory,
and likely were made prior to WWI. The firm closed in 1962, and it’s believed that the East German
government assumed control of the vacant factory in 1972, and all records and molds were destroyed.
Schafer & Vater are well-known for comical and figural items, as well as jugs, creamers, miniature
liquor bottles for distribution by pubs, special advertising runs for clients, figurines, match
strikers, hair holders, “naughties”, hat pin holders, and planters. Their impressed mark is a crown
above an 'R' in a star, although it wasn’t always used and frequently is indistinct. A characteristic
of their pottery is the fine texture of the locally mined clay that was rich in kaolin and yielded
pottery with velvety texture and very fine grain. There are a number of S&V collectors featured on
the web. I have stayed strictly with their dressed-up animal creamers, but I like their work so much
that I have succumbed to a number of their other animals in addition to cows, as you will see.</p>
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<td><a href="favbrands/10fb.JPG"><img src="favbrands/10fbr.jpg" width="200" height="153" alt="2 Schafer & Vater standing lady cow in dress creamers"></a></td>
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<p>This standing lady in the yellow and pink dress is perhaps the most commonly available S&V cow
creamer. S&V often made their products in multiple sizes and colors, and from what I have seen
they frequently produced light blue(and bright orange and red) as well as multi-colored versions of their creamers (I have only seen the cows in multi-color and blue, but I believe there is at least a red one).</p>
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<td colspan="2"><div align="center"><br>
<a href="favbrands/m134a.jpg"><img src="favbrands/m134ar.jpg" width="113" height="150" hspace="5" alt="Black NZ S&V cow"></a>
<a href="favbrands/m134b.jpg"><img src="favbrands/m134br.jpg" width="124" height="150" alt="Black S&V cow side"></a></div>
<blockquote>
<p>Pretty obviously my comment above on coloration of this cow mold was terribly wrong. Here is a proud and beautiful
Black version with an orange tail. It came to me from a lady in New Zealand who saw my collection, eventually figured her dear cow
belonged in it, and sent it on a long journey to the east coast of the US. I am delighted to have it, but must wonder what
the S&V artist must have been thiunking...</p>
</blockquote></td>
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<td><a href="favbrands/bluesvcows.jpg"><img src="favbrands/bluesvcowsr.jpg" width="200" height="132" alt="Three sizes of S&V blue lady in a dress cow creamers"></a></td>
<td>
<p>These three lovely well dressed blue lady cows are a good example of S&V’s size variations. The
largest is 6¼” tall, the middle one 4½”, and the small one 3¾”. And who knows – there may yet be
more lurking out there waiting to join my herd. </p>
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<td colspan="2"><div align="center"><br>
<a href="favbrands/tensandvcows.jpg"><img src="favbrands/tensandvcowsr.jpg" width="398" height="200" alt="A small herd of S&V standing lady in a dress cow creamers"></a></div>
<blockquote>
<p><div align="center">So, here (for now) is my whole herd of these ladies
</p></div>
</blockquote>
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<td colspan="2">><div align="center"><br>
<a href="favbrands/272x3.jpg"><img src="favbrands/272x3r.jpg" width="233" height="150" alt="S&V cows in red jacket and green pants "></a><div>
<blockquote>
<p>Here is a second version of the S&V cow - nattily dressed in green pants and a red jacket.
It has taken me umpteen years to finally get (all?} three sizes of this mold
(I can always hope they also made a HUGE one I have yet to find).</p></blockquote>
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<td colspan="2"><div align="center"><br>
<a href="favbrands/cowsincoats2.jpg"><img src="favbrands/cowsincoats2r.jpg" width="248" height="150" alt="more cows in coats"></a></div>
<blockquote>
<p> Joining two of the cows above are a blue one and a differently colored one.
The blue seems to be the common version of this mold (I have several and they appear fairly regularly on ebay),
albeit I have only found them in this one
'middle' size. The lighter colored one on the right uses a similar paint scheme as a goat shown below -
it's the only one I have ever found and and the seller (on Etsy) didn't know it was S&V. </p>
</blockquote></td>
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<td><a href="favbrands/cows4.jpg"><img src="favbrands/cows4r.jpg" width="208" height="150"alt="3 Buxom lady in green hat standing S&V cow creamers"></a></td>
<td>
<p>These creamers (at least the two on the right), although unmarked, are almost assuredly S&V by virtue
of style, material, and detail such as on the skirt. Also I found one on eBay that was offered from an estate
of someone who collected only S&V, and there is a blue as well as colored version. They do have
illegible numbers around the base.The one on the left is a heavier ceramic, not porcelain, and
lacks the fine features of the other two. A very knowledgeable S&V expert, Cody (Al McQueen) was
kind enough to suggest that it is probably from the same area (Rudolstadt) since many factories made
similar items and artists moved around. He also noted that S&V stopped making figural novelties like
these shortly after WW1, and from then until they closed in the 1960s made only utilitarian forms.
This certainly helps with the dating.</p>
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<td colspan="2">
<div align="center"><br>
<a href="favbrands/m18caw.jpg"><img src="favbrands/m18cawr.jpg" width="100" height="150" hspace="5" alt="Stabnding oragne front"></a>
<a href="favbrands/m18cbw.jpg"><img src="favbrands/m18cbwr.jpg" width="118" height="150" alt="Stabnding orange side"></a>
</div>
<blockquote>
<p>This standing lady is from the same mold, differing only by having an orange dress. Again it looks and feels like S&V,
but this shade of orange is the first I have seen.</p></blockquote>
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<td><a href="favbrands/M75anda.JPG"><img src="favbrands/M75andar.JPG" width="200" height="159" alt="2 S&V pitchers of Swedish lady standing by her black faced cow"></a></td>
<td>
<p>Here are two versions of an S&V ‘pitcher’ featuring a b;ack faced cow standing next to a winsome Snandinavian milkmaid.,
The smaller one came to me from Florida, and
the larger – which arrived several years later – actually hailed from Sweden, which likely explains
the colors of her vest. The big creamer stands some 7” tall, one of the largest of my S&V pieces. </p>
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<td colspan="2">
<div align="center"><br>
<a href="favbrands/om100a.jpg"><img src="favbrands/om100ar.jpg" width="180" height="190" hspace="5" alt="Blue S&V pitcher of cow caricature being milked, front"></a>
<a href="favbrands/om100.jpg"><img src="favbrands/om100r.jpg" width="180" height="190" alt="Blue S&V pitcher of cow caricature being milked, front"></a>
</div>
<blockquote>
<p>And here's another, pretty realistic looking from the side with the back of the cow
and the milkmaid, but leading one to wonder exactly what the lady is doing from the
look on that cow's face. I'm anxious to find a multi-colored version of this one.</p></blockquote>
</td>
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<td colspan="2"><div align="center"><br>
<a href="favbrands/svcowfronts.JPG"><img src="favbrands/svcowfrontsr.JPG" width="200"
height="148" hspace="5" alt="Two multicolored S&V pitchers of cow caricature being milked, front"></a>
<a href="favbrands/svcowbacks.JPG"><img src="favbrands/svcowbacksr.JPG"
width="200" height="148" alt="Two multicolored S&V pitchers of cow caricature being milked, back" ></a></div>
<blockquote>
<p>Eventually I did manage to find a colored version of this comical S&&V cow, which I bought via
eBay from Sweden. A year or so later, I was delighted to acquire a similar one – basically the same
cow, but a quite different pitcher and milkmaid – this time from the Isle of Jersey! I believe these
are quire rare, both because they’re the only ones I have ever seen, and because the bidding on them
was quite fierce. I prevailed, but at some cost! They’re great examples of the S&V sense of
humor, combined with very high quality pottery. Now that I have three of these, I’m naturally
wondering how many more variations there are.</p>
<blockquote></td>
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<td colspan="2"> <div align="center"><br>
<a href="favbrands/goats1.jpg"><img src="favbrands/goats1r.jpg" width="233" height="170"
hspace="5"alt="2 S&V Goats in red coats and a full red goat creamer"></a>
<a href="favbrands/goats2.jpg"><img src="favbrands/goats2r.jpg" width="155"
height="170" hspace="5" alt="S&V Goat in green coat and a blue goat creamer"></a></div>
<blockquote>
<p> S&V goats come in two forms as well as a range of sizes and colors. I'm sure I don't (yet) have
anywhere near all of them. My wife bought me my first one - the natty chap in the middle of the left
hand picture - in St Petersburg, FL way back in 1991. This is actually what persuaded me to
add the non-cow S&V creamers to the collection. Turns out that somewhat later she did the same
thing with suiteki, for which I am also grateful. </p>
</blockquote></td>
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<td><div align="center">
<a href="favbrands/svo1c.jpg"><img src="favbrands/svo1c.jpg" width="132" height="150" alt="Light colored S&V goat missing left ear"></a></div></td>
<td> <p> I was right in the above section by saying there had to be more colors and sizes of these goats. Here's a lightly colored 5 1/2" version of the ones on the left above. He is missing his left ear, but at the price ($15.99) I couldn;t resist. He liooks just fine from the right side...</p></td>
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<div align="center"><br>
<a href="favbrands/brownpigs.JPG"><img src="favbrands/brownpigsr.jpg" width="202" height="150" alt="S&V brown Pigs"></a>
<a> <a href="favbrands/bluepigs.JPG"><img src="favbrands/bluepigsr.jpg" width="197" height="150" hspace="5" alt=" S&V Monk pigs of different coilors and sizes"></a></div>
<blockquote> This is the most popular and frequently found style of S&V pig - a monk
bearing a ring of keys on his left and a ladle or large spoon on the right. They come in a rather
wild array of colors and per usual in a range of sizes. The biggest stand almot 6 1/2 inchwes tall, the shortest about 4 inches.
I am particularly fond of the little guy in the dark brown robe - Carmelite or Franciscan perhaps?. </p></td>
</blockquote>
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<td height="5" colspan="2"><br>
<div align="center"><a href="favbrands/orangepigs.JPG"><img src="favbrands/orangepigsr.jpg" width="200" height="150"
hspace="5" alt="S&V and teproduction S&V orange pig, front"></a>
</div>
<p>On the left is a mid-sized orange S&V pig monk. The one on the right came to me from Manchester England, and the seller said he got it from a dealer in
Scotland. At first I was quite excited because it’s of thicker and heavier porcelain than all the
other S&&V animal creamers, and has a rim around the back opening as well as an unglazed rim on a
recessed, glazed bottom.
It does bear the S&V mark (partial) as well as a mold number, so I
thought for sure it must be one of theirs, revealing a different manufacturing technique. But it
turns out, <strong>NOT SO!</strong> Sometime later I saw what looked like an S&V creamer offered
on eBay with a cautionary note to buyers that it was a reproduction. The seller pointed to the <a
href="http://www.keralouve.com/">www.keralouve.com</a> web site, of the Mundial Company. of
Belgium. So I looked there and sure enough – among a lot of other reproductions of many different makers
was this pig, their stock No. HR780. These folks only sell to vendors, so apparently feel they can pass off their products
and let others take the hit for falsifying origin. Or maybe some folks just like reproduction pottery, since it can be a lot cheaper than originals, just as with paintings. As noted above, all the S&V molds had been
destroyed by the East Germans. Turns out this pig is a recast - the thickness comes from their having
used an original to create a new mold. Coloration, glaze, etc. also differ from the original. It seems
I now have to be more careful when acquiring S&V (and other older) items, particularly because
I’ve noticed these types of reproductions showing up on eBay more frequently. Whether the chap in
Manchester or the person he got it from in Scotland knew it was a reproduction I have no way of
knowing - but having been fooled once (to the tune of £62) I will now be more careful, and take
advantage of eBay’s buyer protection policy should I get ‘bit’ again. I have also had the opportunity to warn anoither seller who tried to sell one of these as S&V. </p>
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<td colspan="2">
<div align="center"><br>
<a href="favbrands/o66a.JPG"><img src="favbrands/o66ar.JPG" width="140" height="200"
hspace="5" alt="S&V Red wrapped pig creamer, front"></a>
<a href="favbrands/o66b.JPG"><img src="favbrands/o66br.JPG" width="150" height="200" alt="S&V Red wrapped pig creamer, side"></a>
</div>
<blockquote>
<p> For many years I thought there was only one style of S&V pig monk. Evntually I found this guy that bears a faint S&V mark – very different from the interpretation shown above, and the
only one from this mold that I have ever seen. I was, and remain, a bit skeptical about this one’s
provenance albeit the bisque, red color, and mark match those on known S&V creamers. I checked the <a href="http://www.keralouve.com/">www.keralouve.com</a>
site mentioned above, but it’s not there, so if this is indeed a reproduction, it’s someone else’s.
At least it wasn’t very expensive, so it was well worth taking the chance. </p> </blockquote>
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<td><div align="center">
<a href="favbrands/o69w.jpg"><img src="favbrands/o69wr.jpg" width="111" height="150" alt="white chef pig likely not S&V"></a></div></td>
<td><p>This little pigis very cute, is made from hard bisque like the S&Vs , and has "Germany" in script on the base.
I doubt however it's really S&V based on the coloration and glaze. He (or she or it) is here for now in any event...</p></td>
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<td height="5" colspan="2"><br>
<div align="center"><a href="favbrands/4bears.jpg"><img src="favbrands/4bearsr.jpg" width="200" height="135"
hspace="5" alt="Family of S&V Bears with muffs"></a>
<a href="favbrands/mantle.jpg"><img src="favbrands/mantler.jpg" width="200" height="100" alt="S&V Bear dfamily on our mantle"></a></div>
<blockquote><p>
Here is a family of bears dressed for winter in various sizes and colors. They are a good example of the quality of
these early humorous S&V animal creamers and make a nice display, so we put them on our mantle. The middle sized one in the
light green coat seems to be one of the more common S&V creamers, from the numbers offered on ebay.. </p></blockquote>
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<td colspan="2"><div align="center">
<a href="favbrands/IMG_9754.JPG"><img src="favbrands/IMG_9754r.jpg" width="232" height="180" alt="S&V bklue & irange vears"></a></div>
<blockquote>
<p>My wife absolutely refused to let the orange bear join the family on the mantle – bears just aren’t
supposed to be orange. She’s not fond of this large blue one, either…</p></blockquote>
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<td><a href="favbrands/fivesnvmonkeys.JPG"><img src="favbrands/fivesnvmonkeysr.jpg" width="200" height="145" alt="5 S&V Apr creamers in various sizes and colors"></a></td>
<td>
<p> Dapper apes on their way to court a lady also come in a range of sizes and colors. Apes must have been quite popular because they are one of the
more readily available S&V animals these days. </p>
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<td><div align="center">
<a href="favbrands/IMG_9758.JPG"><img src="favbrands/IMG_9758r.jpg" width="77" height="150" alt="S&V orange lion pitcher"></a></div></td>
<td><p>S&V? The knowledgable seller swears it is...a Lion pitcher of all things. Certainly idisyncratic enough to be one of theirs, albeit a very different style that my other animal pitchers. Hey, for $25 what is there to lose??</p>
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<td colspan="2"><div align="center"><br>
<a href="favbrands/IMG_9756.JPG"><img src="favbrands/IMG_9756r.jpg" width="226" height="150"
hspace="5" alt=" S&V Mother Goose creamers"></a>
<a href="favbrands/IMG_9762.JPG"><img src="favbrands/IMG_9762r.jpg" width="235" height="150" alt="S&V Mother colored Goose creamers"></a></div>
<blockquote>
<p><strong>BIRDS</strong> First up for birds are the domestic kind: Like the other S&V animal creamers, geese (does one say Mother Geese or Mother Gooses?) come in a
variety of sizes and colors. The largest one in the left picture is 6 1/2" tall. It woukld be fun, but maybe a bit scary, to find a red one that size.
</p></blockquote>
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<td><a href="favbrands/IMG_9763.JPG"><img src="favbrands/IMG_9763r.jpg" width="221" height="150" alt="Horchow Mother Goose creamer and Mate sugar"></a></td>
<td>
<p>It turns out that the Mother Goose theme is sufficiently popular that the S&V version has not only been copied
but supplemented by other makers. Here is a
gentleman with a lid (if S&V made one I've never found it, albeit before I bought this set I did buy an
unmarked one thinking it might be S&V)) and a lady that is unmistakably a close though not exact copy of
the S&V one. I normally would have passed them up, but wanted to find out who made the ones that are
so similar to S&V. It turns out that they aren’t even German, but rather as shown bear the mark of “The
Horchow Collection”, as well as “Made in England”. Naturally I dashed to Wikipedia, finding that
“Samuel Roger Horchow (born July 3, 1928 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is a catalog entrepreneur and Broadway
producer…In 1971, Horchow started <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Horchow_Collection&action=edit&redlink=1"
title="The Horchow Collection (page does not exist)">The Horchow Collection</a>, the first 'luxury
mail-order' catalog that was
not preceded by a brick-and-mortar presence. He sold the Horchow Collection to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neiman_Marcus"
title="Neiman Marcus">Neiman Marcus</a> in 1988.” Horchow has produced quite a number of
successful Broadway plays, and is the author of three books. I wonder if he realizes that somewhere
along the line he (or maybe Nieman Marcus?) copied S&V? </p>
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<td colspan="2" <div align="center"><br>
<a href="favbrands/svparrot.jpg"><img src="favbrands/svparrotr.jpg" width="145" height="200"
hspace="5" alt="S&V orange parrot in bathrobe, front"></a>
<a href="favbrands/svparrot2.jpg"><img src="favbrands/svparrot2r.jpg" width="150" height="200" alt="S&V orange parrot in bathrobe, right"></a>
</div>
<blockquote>
<p> I believe this one is quite rare - an orange parrot in a bathrobe. Admittedly he/she/it is a
pitcher as opposed to having two holes, but it was irresistible. A number of other folks apparently thought
so given the pace of the bidding on ebay. I was a bit suspicious, but it has the S&V crown over star mark
as well as mold #4142 (I think), and the color, features and quality of detail are very much
appropriate so I believe it really is one of theirs. <p></blockquote></td>
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<td colspan="2" <div align="center"><br>
<a href="favbrands/o80a.jpg"><img src="favbrands/o80ar.jpg" width="159" height="150"
hspace="5" alt="S&V robin singing side"></a>
<a href="favbrands/o80b.jpg"><img src="favbrands/o80br.jpg" width="109 height="150" alt="Singing bird front"></a>
</div>
<blockquote>
<p> Here is another seemingly rare one - at least I have never seen aniother in all my years of
collecting S&V. It bears the crown and star, plus "382". This one does indeed have two holes .
and I'd guess it to be their version of a robin, maybe - at least the breast is sort of reddish.
It's a beautiful piece in immaculate condition. <p></blockquote></td>
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<td colspan="2" <div align="center"><br>
<a href="favbrands/o81a.JPG"><img src="favbrands/o81ar.jpg" width="101" height="150"
hspace="5" alt="Chicken woiman"></a>
<a href="favbrands/o81b.JPG"><img src="favbrands/o81br.jpg" width="116 height="150" alt="Singing bird front"></a>
</div>
<blockquote>
<p> Beautiful, imaginative, and unusual - a womnan in chicken clothing, or a chicken trying to swalliow a lady.
I wondered for a while if it really counted as an 'animal' creamer or pitcher, but then I decoded
definitly so. I have a man dressed in a cow suit (modern variations), so for sure this is equally
appropriate. And it does bear the S&V mark.<p></blockquote></td>
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<td colspan="2"> <div align="center"><br>
<a href="favbrands/IMG_9764.JPG"><img src="favbrands/IMG_9764r.jpg" width="111" height="150"
hspace="5" alt="S&V blue mule in a coat, right"></a>
<a href="favbrands/IMG_9765.JPG"><img src="favbrands/IMG_9765r.jpg" width="110" height="150" alt="S&V blue mule in a coat, left"></a>
</div>
<blockquote>
<p>I was very pleased to acquire this mule via ebay. Like the parrot and singing bird above it is the first
and only one I’ve seen, and I wasn’t aware that they made
any mules. He must be fairly rare, because the bidding was quite furious. Probably could have bought a
live donkey or 3 for what I ended up paying. Now of course I’ll be looking to see what he might look
like in a colored version.</p></blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2"> <div align="center"><br>
<a href="favbrands/IMG_9766.JPG"><img src="favbrands/IMG_9766r.jpg" width="163" height="150"
hspace="5" alt="S&V blue mule standingt"></a>
<a href="favbrands/IMG_9767.JPG"><img src="favbrands/IMG_9767r.jpg" width="175" height="150" alt="S&V blue mule left"></a>
</div>
<blockquote>
<p>This was another pleasant surprise - a realistic mule, somewhat different from its cousin above,
standing in grass. It's an unusual cobalt blue color so I had my doubts but it bears a very clear
S&V star and crown, as well as a mold number. Interstingly it's quasi-realistic, not one of the usual
caricartures so I'd guess it was part of some sort of a separate series. Sure wish some S&V expert
could help with this one. </p></blockquote>
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<td colspan="2"> <div align="center"><br>
<a href="favbrands/o57o58svcats.jpg"><img src="favbrands/o57o58svcatsr.jpg" width="218" height="150"
hspace="5" alt="3 S&V cat creamers"></a></div>
<blockquote>
<p>Eventually I found one S&V cat then I found more, much to my dismay. Like other S&V animals they seem to come in a varirty of sizes and colors. No blue one yet, though I have seen one
so I know it's lurking out there somewhere.These aren’t quite as humorous as the other S&V animal
creamers. Whether that’s because S&V liked cats or didn’t find them funny, I don’t know. I’m allergic
to them and don't favor them, but find these porcelain versions fairly innocuous. My wife likes
cats (but not orange ones). I bought her a couple blue point siamese many years ago and she adored
them. Everything was fine until fall and we closed up the house, and I ended up spending the night in
the bathtub just before a big test. The cats departed that weekend</p></blockquote>
</td>
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<td><div align="center">
<a href="favbrands/o57cw.JPG"><img src="favbrands/o57cwr.jpg" width="123" height="150" alt="S&V blue cat"></a></div>
<td><p> Sure enough, if one waits, a blue cat appears</p></td>
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<td><div align="center">
<a href="favbrands/o79w.jpg"><img src="favbrands/o79wr.jpg" width="144" height="150" alt="S&Vorange bulldog"></a></div>
<td><p> At last, a dog. An orange bulldog that is. This is more a vase than a pitcher, but I couldn't resist.
He came all the way from Australia, and there probably aren;t too many of them - perchance because he's so ugly.
I love him nonetheless, even if my wife is unimpressed.</p></td>
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<td><div align="center">
<a href="favbrands/o72o73.jpg"><img src="favbrands/o72o73r.jpg" width="192" height="150" alt=poss goat & elkephant"></a></div></td>
<td><p>Both of these were sold as S&V by very experienced sellers, and they are indeed hard bisque porcalein. However the coloration,
glaze and flat bottoms imply to me that they came from a different factory, likely in the same Ronstadt areea of Germany.
The print of the "Made in Garmany" stamp on the bottom of the mountain goat, and the flat bisque base, match that of
a strange looking standing pig shown in a couple places in the Modern Variation pages, so I suspect they came from whichever
factory produced it. They were sufficiently inexpensive and nicely done that I don't regret taking a chance on them.</p></td>
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<td colspan="2"><div align="center"><br>
<a href="favbrands/rbspot.jpg"><img src="favbrands/rbspotr.jpg" width="182" height="155" alt="Brownish Royal Baureuth cow head creamer"></a>
<a href="favbrands/rborhead.jpg"><img src="favbrands/rborheadr.jpg" width=194" height="155" hspace="5" alt="Orange Royal Bayreuth bull head pitcher"></a>
<a href="favbrands/rbbkred.jpg"><img src="favbrands/rbbkredr.jpg" width="202" height="155" alt="Black Royal Baureuth water buffalo head creamer"></a>
<blockquote>
<p>Before leaving Germany, I should mention <strong>Royal Bayreuth</strong>, which is a perenial favorite of many. The Royal Bayreuth
porcelain factory was established in Tettau in 1794, and is the oldest privately owned Bavarian china
firm. Since they’ve been making very high quality porcelain for over 200 years there are thousands
of pieces and a very active collector’s club, see <a href="http://www.royalbayreuth.org/">www.royalbayreuth.org</a>. From an article about them in Southeastern Antiquing and Collecting Magazine we learn tht "Royal Bayreuth (RB) is a truly unique, hard white-paste porcelain manufactured in Tettau, Germany, predominantly from 1795 through 1917. Several devastating fires experienced by the company during that time destroyed the factory, offices, molds and records which effectively stopped most of the manufacturing of their unique novelty wares (and exclusive finishes) exported around the world. Much of the information regarding their process was forever lost or too expensive to recreate at that point. Today's factory is still in operation but strictly manufacturing fine dinnerware."</p>
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I’m not aware that they ever made any full-bodied cow creamers, but they have produced a line of cow, bull, and water buffalo head creamers and pitchers, like the three shown here. As far as I know these are the only three forms of 'cow' head creamers/pitchers they made, but they come in a myriad of colors. Also, their style has been rather widely copied. There are more examples, including some of the 'copies', in the
Heads theme.</p></blockquote>
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<p><strong>Fitz & Floyd. </strong>If I had to pick a third favorite, this US brand company would
qualify. In great American entrepreneurial fashion you have to dig for anything about them on their
web site since it’s basically a sales outlet. They’ve been in business since @1960, with studios in
Dallas and production wherever they can get a good deal (China, Taiwan mostly), or so it seems to
me. They make “handpainted ceramic giftware, tableware, decorative assortments, home fragrance and
collectibles”, which I interpret as meaning just about anything ceramic that will sell, plus a bunch of other stuff.. Occasionally
they go through spurts of popular themes, and for a while in the 90’s produced a number of quite
lovely cow items. Go to the Christmas theme, for example, to see their superb “Eight Maids a’
Milking” pitcher. Here I feature just two of their cow ‘collections’ – </p>
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<p>this Green Acre Dairy set from 1996, and…</p>
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<p>the lovely Heidi Holstein who dates from 1994, here with the teapot, creamer, and sugar, plus…</p>
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<a href="favbrands/21fb.JPG"><img src="favbrands/21fbr.jpg" width="200" height="132" alt="Fitz & Floyd Heidi Holstein pitcher and cup"></a>
<a href="favbrands/22fb.JPG"><img src="favbrands/22fbr.jpg" width="200" height="195" hspace="5" alt="Heidi Holstein plate"></a>
<a href="favbrands/23fb.JPG"><img src="favbrands/23fbr.jpg" width="200" height="114" alt="Heidi Holstein platter"></a> </div>
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a pitcher, cup, plate, and platter (probably more than I should be showing for a creamer collection,
but like the S&V ‘other animals’, a nice accompaniment for lovely examples of the basic
collection theme.)</p></blockquote>
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<p><strong>Tom Hatton. </strong>Also from the US, and both designed and made here, are these whimsical
cows from the studio of Tom Hatton, dated (l-r) 1994, 91, and 93. His studio is located
in Bonita, CA…On his web site, <a href="http://www.tomhattonceramics.com/">http://www.tomhattonceramics.com/</a>,
his wife Diane tells us a bit about him: “Tom was born in Hawaii in 1944 to a Portuguese mother and
a farm boy father from Georgia. Growing up barefoot on the beaches of Waikiki was an idyllic
beginning followed by a year on the farm where he developed a passion for grits and huge hogs. He
grew up in San Diego and attended San Diego State College receiving first his BA and then his MA in
sculpture with a master's show featuring among other things, the Bank of America on the back of a
pig. (It was during the Vietnam War.) He married me, Diane Chase, and taught art classes
part-time at San Diego State and the various local junior colleges. We had two children,
Carlson and Alana, and I taught elementary school. In 1983, we were introduced to the American Craft
Council shows and Tom found a ready audience for his work in galleries and stores across the
country. While it forced him to be a little more commercial than he would have liked, it served
us well, enabling us to work together and put the children through school. In 1995, we chose to let
the people who had worked for us, seven of them at the busiest, go on to other things and we pared
the line down so that Tom was not doing so much repetition and more one-of-a-kind work. It is
still exciting and he's always working on something new. He still never talks about what he is
making and it is always a surprise when I see a completed work. It's fun.” Here are three creamers
from 1992 and 1994, and a sugar and creamer pair from 1991. Once Tom decided how to make cows he liked,
he did them for several years. You can see more of
Tom’s cow pieces on the Teapots page. </p></blockquote>
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<a href="favbrands/th155sg72ad.jpg"><img src="favbrands/th155sg72adr.jpg" width="205" height="150" alt="3 TH"></a>
<a href="favbrands/sg72esu133aw.JPG"><img src="favbrands/sg72esu133awr.jpg" "width'+158" height="150: hspace-"5" alt="TH pair"></a></div></p>
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<a href="favbrands/722a.JPG"><img src="favbrands/722ar.jpg" width="140" height="200"
hspace="5" alt="Tom Hatton standing cow creamer, front"></a>
<a href="favbrands/722b.JPG"><img src="favbrands/722b.JPG" width="200" height="134""Tom Hatton standing cow creamer, side"></a></div>
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<p>Here is another of Hatton’s cows – this one is dated ’88, and marked A/P for Artist’s Proof. The
lady from whom I acquired it stated that she bought it directly from Tom’s wife Diane when she was
cleaning out his workshop. I believe it is one-of-a-kind, and comes from when he was developing his
approach to cows, finally settling on the style of the ones above. For those of you that appreciate
his work, check out his teapot and matching sugar and creamers on that page. </p></blockquote>
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<p><div align="center"><strong>Next are a number of other designed-in-the-US and produced overseas examples.</strong></div></p><br>
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<a href="favbrands/holtpixie.jpg"><img src="favbrands/holtpixier.jpg" width="230" height="149" alt="Holt Howard and Lipper & Mann cow creamers and sugars"></a></div>
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<p>Here are two neat old cow sugar and creamers. The set on the left is from The <strong>Holt-Howard </strong>Company of
Stamford, Connecticut, an importer that was started in 1948 by John and Robert Howard and A. Grant
Holt. They focused on whimsical kitchen items and giftware, and are probably best known for their
‘pixiware’. They were bought out by General Housewares Corporation in 1969, but the HH name was
apparently retained until production ceased in 1990. See, e.g., <a href="http://www.collectics.com/education_pixieware.html">http://www.collectics.com/education_pixieware.html</a>.
Pixiware was so popular that other companies started to copy it. One of these companies was <strong>Lipper
& Mann</strong>, who are responsible for the funny cow set on the right. According to the web site for
Lipper International – Lipper bought out Mann in 1963 and changed the name – they were organized in
1946 on 5th Ave, NY, as an importer of glass and ceramics from Czechoslovakia and other European
companies. They started importing from Japan in 1947, which is where these (and the teapot set shown
in that section) came from. Mr Lipper passed on in 2002 but the company is still going strong, now as
a wholesaler of wooden items and, among other things, ‘Lipperware’. </p></blockquote>
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<p><strong>Otagiri </strong>Manufacturing Company, more commonly called OMC, was based out of San Francisco and its
products were (originally) manufactured in Japan. Around the 1960s, a very similar company called
Jard Products arose that had the same designs and even nearly identical stickers. In the mid-1990s,
Otagiri was sold to Enesco Corporation. Otagiri, like Fitz and Floyd, seems to have periods when
cows are a popular theme. </p>
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<div align="center"><a href="favbrands/27fb.JPG"><img src="favbrands/27fbr.jpg" alt="3" width="107"
height="200" alt="Lefton cow creamer"></a></div>
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<p> From <a href="http://collectibles.about.com">http://collectibles.about.com</a>, I learned that
“George Zoltan <strong>Lefton </strong>was a Hungarian immigrant who arrived in Chicago in 1939. Although his
background was in marketing and designing specialty clothing, he had a passion for collecting fine
porcelain. The Lefton Company was founded in 1941 … he traveled to Japan in 1945 to seal an importing
agreement and the first Lefton China product marked "Made in Occupied Japan" reached the
United States in 1946… The Lefton Company was purchased by OMT Enterprises in 2005 and moved to
California”. Lefton made cups, pitchers, etc in this cow-shaped form, and they not only were popular
themselves, but have been quite widely copied. There are a number of examples elsewhere in the
collection.</p>
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<a href="teapots/k171m5.jpg"><img src="teapots/k171m5r.jpg" width="190" height="145" alt="Mary's Moo Moos cow teapot & creamer"></a></div></td>
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<p><strong>Mary's Moo Moos </strong>were created by artist and designer Mary Rhyner-Nadig. They are one of the many
collectible product lines of <strong>Enesco</strong>, a producer of giftware and home and garden décor products, based
in Itasca, IL. Moo Moos seem to be quite popular, and there are a number of collectors clubs. Most
of them are figurines, but there are (at least) these two that fit my collection, a creamer (albeit
the cow itself is not the creamer) and this teapot, ©1993. </p>
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<a href="favbrands/30fb.JPG"><img src="favbrands/30fbr.jpg" width="200" height="122"
hspace="5" alt="Lenox French Country Cow creamer & sugar"></a>
<a href="favbrands/31fb.JPG"><img src="favbrands/31fbr.jpg" width="160" height="160" alt="Lenox Poppies on Blue calf creamer"></a></div>
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Fine dinnerware china companies get into the cow-act as well. Here are <strong>Lenox's </strong> “French Country Cow”
set and “Poppies on Blue” calf creamer. They've also made a Christmas cow. </p>
<p>The Lenox Corporation web site has a nice ‘about us’ section that tells a lot about its proud
history. It starts: “In 1889, founder Walter Scott Lenox had the confidence and passion to pursue his
vision of creating "the finest American porcelain dinnerware" with a start-up company that operated
for several years on a shoestring budget. In the early years, his persistence and determination led
to the company's success. Demand for his unique and artistic American porcelain products steadily
grew and, 125 years later, the Lenox brand continues to be the most trusted tabletop name in the U.S.
market. Today, our bone china is still manufactured in the U.S., at our Kinston, North Carolina
facility.” While many potteries have changed hands or closed over the years, Lenox is not only a
survivor but a gobbler with an apparently huge appetite. These days, The Lenox Corporation includes
among its brands Dansk, Gorham, Reed & Barton, Kate Spade New York and The French Chefs as well as
Lenox. </p></blockquote>
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<p><strong>Next, here are a few of my favorite modern English brands.</strong> </p> <br>
<p>First, a couple fancy cows from <strong>Royale Stratford</strong>. They had a reputation as one of England’s finest
makers of bone china, but ceased production in November 2005. These specialty ceramic, porcelain and
china companies seem to all be disappearing or being absorbed.</p>
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<a href="favbrands/447a.JPG"><img src="favbrands/447ar.jpg" width="200" height="163" alt="Eximous of London cow creamer"></a>
<a href="favbrands/447a1.JPG"><img
src="favbrands/447a1r.jpg" width="200" height="137" hspace="5" alt="Eximous of London and Royale Stratford cow creamers, front"></a>
<a href="favbrands/447a2.JPG"><img
src="favbrands/447a2r.jpg" width="200" height="73" alt="Eximous of London and Royale Stratford cow creamers, base"></a></p>
<p>Apparently being ‘one of the finest …’ gets your stuff purchased and resold by <strong>Eximious
of London </strong>. That was a new word to me, so first I looked it up and found that my huge
Webster’s unabridged says that yes it is indeed obsolete, but that it means ‘select, choice,
excellent’. The blue Eximious logo goes a bit further, claiming ‘Excellent, Distinguished,
Elegant’. Dr Bill Long’s Spellers Diary gives a somewhat fuller explication: “When the Puritans
began to publish their voluminous sermons and theological treatises in the 17th
century, they bequeathed to the English language not only a peculiar Scripture-centered piety that has been rediscovered by many in our day, but they
discovered (or invented) lots of words to capture the fullness and transformative power of the Gospel
that they preached… one of their words, <em><em>eximious</em></em>, [was] used by the greats such as
John Owen and John Flavel, and meaning ‘excellent, distinguished, or eminent.’ Granted,
the OED says that it was a common term in 17th century literature which assumed a rather pedantic
meaning in the 19th (see the discussion of <em><em>esurient </em></em>in a previous essay), but I was
impressed through some quick internet searches of the way it is used in connection with the ‘<em><em>eximious</em> </em>way
of the Cross’or ’<em><em>eximious</em> </em>expression of love’ by the Puritan preachers.” See
what you can learn from the bottom of a cow? Incidentally, the <a href="http://www.eximious.com/"
target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.eximious.com</a> web site notes that “Josephine Louis, founder
and Chairwoman, discovered the charming and elegant shop called Eximious during the time she lived in
England in the 1980's. Famous for gifts and monogrammed
accessories - the Belgravia shop so thoroughly inspired Mrs. Louis that she decided to start a
catalogue and shop in the United States. Twenty four years later, Eximious of London
has become synonymous with the understated good taste and elegance of British traditions and is
justly proud of a clientele in numerous countries…Eximious' well-deserved reputation is the result of
a tireless quest throughout Europe and the world by Mrs. Louis and
her staff, who travel for months in pursuit of the select collection of treasures which she is so
delighted to share with you.” </p>
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<p>This teapot and creamer are marked for <strong>Moorland</strong>, Staffordshire, Chelsea Works, Burslem. This pottery
studio was started by the Hungarian Joseph Szeiler in Staffordshire in 1951. His Burslem factory
opened in 1955. After his death it was taken over and renamed Moorland (after the address) in the
mid-1980s.</p>
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<p>Here are a creamer and teapot from <strong>Price & Kensington</strong> Potteries, another of the famous Stoke on
Trent factories; they’re now part of the Rayware Group. We bought them at the P&K outlet at the factory.</p>
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<p>These three are humorous ‘take-offs’ on the cow creamer by <strong>Beswick</strong>, a famous maker of high quality
figurines. From <a href="http://www.myantiquemall.com/">www.myantiquemall.com</a>, I learned that
“J. Beswick (pronounced BESS-wik) started his Staffordshire pottery around 1894 making dinnerware and
such ornamental ceramics as the then ubiquitous Staffordshire cats and dogs. Most were unmarked and
are hard to tell from their competitors’.” In 1934 descendents John Ewart and Gilbert Beswick
introduced high fired bone china figurines of “unmatched quality and detail” first featuring animals
in humorous settings, and then under ceramicist Arthur Gredington they started using named breed
champions as models. Their champion horses, dogs, and cows were very famous and popular (and
expensive). In 1969, having run out of heirs to run the firm, the family sold out to Royal
Doulton. I’m sure that there is a story to accompany these ‘creamers’; they are actually ‘models’ or
satires of creamers, and have no mouth holes. They were designed by Graham Tongue, and were made from
1982-89, Model #2792. The one with the yellow flowers seems to be the most common, but as seen here
there are also blue and purple versions (and maybe more??).</p>
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<p>The <strong>Emma Bridgewater</strong> line of china includes cow creamers in several of their patterns. They have
recently been reintroduced, presumably in time for Christmas ’07 shopping, albeit they bear (for some
reason that truly puzzles me) a warning that they are not intended for food use. Given their price
(£50 from their web site, often much more on ebay!) this seems truly strange and inappropriate. Be that as it may, I of course
needed one of each pattern that they make…they and a bit of Emma's story are on page 3 of Modern Variations, along with a couple
collector’s versions.</p>
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<a href="stafford/st67knotst68.jpg"><img src="stafford/st67knotst68r.jpg" width="234" height="145" hspace="5" alt="3 Kent cow creamers on bases"></a>
<a href="favbrands/st47a.jpg"><img src="favbrands/st47ar.jpg" width="200" height="145" alt="Kent cow creamer without base"></a></div>
<p><blockquote>
<strong>“Kent”</strong> cow creamers bearing the knot logo, like the ones on the right and center in this photo, date
from 1944-1962 (when the factory stopped making them) and were produced from 19th century molds. The
Museum of Pottery and Art in Stoke on Trent (home of the fabulous Keiller collection of Staffordshire
cow creamers) has reproduced some in various colors (with the knot logo) for sale exclusively at
their gift shop; the creamer with the green country scene on the left is one of those. William Kent
initially established his factory in Burselm in 1878, and produced ‘Old Staffordshire’ style pottery
from even older molds. The early Kent versions, as well as those that predate his operation or have
been reproduced more recently, are unmarked. They come in a wide range of colors and decorations,
both on bases and free standing. All however have lids. See Jim Hurford’s website <a rel="nofollow"
target="_blank" href="http://www.ling.ed.ac.uk/%7Ejim/">http://www.ling.ed.ac.uk/~jim/</a> for some
examples of older ‘Kent’ type creamers in the Staffordshire theme. </blockquote></p>
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<p><strong> To conclude this page, here is one last favorite European company.</strong></p>
<p>This is <strong>Villeroy & Boch’s</strong> “Happy Farm” cow, the only modern one that they have made as far as I
know. . Wikipedia tells us that the company that because V&B “began in the tiny Lorraine village of
Audun le Tiche, where the iron master François Boch set up a pottery company with his three sons in
1748. In 1766 Boch was licensed to build a ceramics kilnworks nearby at Septfontaines, Luxembourg,
where it operated a porcelain factory. In 1785 Nicolas Villeroy became sole owner of the faience
manufactory at Wallerfangen. In 1812 Jean-François Boch began construction of kilns at the nearby
town of Mettlach, Saarland. In 1824 Boch commenced transfer printing on porcelain from engraved
copper plates. On 14 April 1836, the Jean François Boch company merged with that of the competitor,
Nicolas Villeroy, and became Villeroy & Boch, (V&B, also simply 'VB'). Since 1869, when Villeroy &
Boch opened the first manufactory specializing in architectural tiles, the company has operated in
three main areas, autonomous until 1982, tablewares, tiles for flooring and revetments, and fine
plumbing fixtures…The company's Luxembourg factory was closed down in 2010. While the company is no
longer run by a family member, under the present Group Chairman Frank Goering, there are various
family members currently working in the company. Since 1990 the company… has been listed on the
German stock market but the voting capital is still in the hands of the family descendants.” These
days V&B is worldwide but has its broadest market in Germany. For a detailed history of its founding
and development over the past 250 plus years, go to
www.villeroyboch-group.com/en/company/our-stories/history.html. I have a four lovely souvenir cow
creamers made by V&B in Luxembourg, presumably in early 20c, that are shown on the Advertising And
Souvenirs page. </p>
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