rarriffle
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posted on August 23, 2002 01:38:18 PM new
I would appreciate some help identifying the maker of this little pig. There are no marks on the bottom at all but there is a lot of shelfwear so he is pretty old....purchased him at an estate sale.
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gc2
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posted on August 23, 2002 02:46:38 PM new
He looks Shawnee...I'll look it up as soon as I find my Shawnee book (if it hasn't grown legs and walked off).
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alldings
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posted on August 23, 2002 05:06:31 PM new
Is the cover missing or just not in the picture?
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rarriffle
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posted on August 23, 2002 06:02:49 PM new
It is a planter, there is no lid. anyway that is what I was told when i bought it. there is no lip for a lid.
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gc2
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posted on August 23, 2002 07:39:00 PM new
I don't see him in my little book, and my big book is .....?
Could we see the bottom, please?
I know you said 'no mark' - but is the bottom glazed, partly glazed, or unglazed?
Is it completely flat?...or does it have "rests"?...if rests, around the edge, wedge-shaped, lines?
[ edited by gc2 on Aug 23, 2002 07:41 PM ]
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tomwiii
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posted on August 23, 2002 07:47:59 PM new
Looks like Trent Lott to me! 
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kiara
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posted on August 23, 2002 07:52:37 PM new
It looks like a Shawnee pig planter to me.
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Roadsmith
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posted on August 23, 2002 09:25:29 PM new
ROFL, tomwiii!!! I was going to suggest Newt Gingrich.
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tomwiii
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posted on August 23, 2002 09:32:45 PM new
Nah, Roadsmith! The Newt PIG is retired -- the Trent is a current collectible PIGGY -- ya gotta know yer collectibles, doncha know??!!
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slabholder
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posted on August 23, 2002 10:23:08 PM new
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saddamhussien
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posted on August 24, 2002 01:02:29 AM new
I see we have some pathetic liberal weenies in here!
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rarriffle
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posted on August 24, 2002 03:30:59 AM new
the bottom is flat, unglazed
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tomwiii
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posted on August 24, 2002 05:19:56 AM new
As opposed to TRENT's bottom, which is un-flat & glazed!
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tomwiii
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posted on August 24, 2002 05:22:21 AM new
Hey! As president of:
Pathetic Old Liberal Weenies Of America (POLWOA to you!), I take great umbrage (I say UMBRAGE, sir!)...
Rather be a WEENIE than a PIGGY, with little PIGGY EYES and a little PIGGY TAIL, etc,etc...
As the Beatles sang...
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slabholder
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posted on August 24, 2002 07:31:45 AM new
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saddamhussien
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posted on August 24, 2002 08:14:31 AM new
May you step in 1,000 camel pies!!
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gc2
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posted on August 24, 2002 10:53:48 AM new
Rariffle, I don't believe it is Shawnee after all - but I don't know what it is.
I have a number of these older planters, in assorted shapes, which are beautifully glazed, and look very much like Shawnee, American Bisque or Royal Copley, etc.
But they all have that flat, unglazed bottom (which was what I suspected when I asked to see the bottom). It obviously is indicative of something, but I don't know what....so I just keep holding on to them.
Maybe today will be the day we both find out!
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rarriffle
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posted on August 25, 2002 04:47:39 PM new
gc2, thank you so much for your help.
the rest of you LOL!!!
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Libra63
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posted on August 25, 2002 04:57:46 PM new
It also might be Regal. Stopped at a mall today and say a pig bank with sort of the same shaded colors but it was more highly decorated. Look under Regal and look at the little Red Riding cookie jars and such and see if the eyes are painted the same.
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caffeitalia
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posted on August 25, 2002 09:57:13 PM new
Hey it's revvassago
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slabholder
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posted on August 26, 2002 10:49:16 AM new
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shawnb1
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posted on August 26, 2002 03:54:35 PM new
I was thinking more like Rosie O'Donnell.
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