More fairly politically-incorrect boy-and-girl pair planters. They must have made a jillion of these because I almost never see the same one twice.
I only have one half of this pink set, but there surely was a pair.
Twin Planters, Part 2
Submitted by Nessa
June 9th, 2010
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Allee Willis
More beauties! I love the colors and the way they soak into the glaze. I also love when features are smoothed out the way these are here. I think my favorite is the girl carrying her hat.
I’m not sure why it is that so many of these planters, especially in the 1950s, depicted Oriental characters. Maybe it’s because in that day any time you saw newsreels on China they had people padding through rice fields so it felt “natural” to the manufacturers to make little Oriental figures carrying things. Just a guess but seems logical. Or that many of the figurines and planters were manufactured there so it was just as natural to sculpt their own.
Nessa
Thanks so much!
I’m not sure either, it was definitely a trend at the time. I have a couple of sets of “oriental-themed” lamps as well, with kimono-type ladies and rice-hat guys holding up the bulbs and whatnot.
I just love the look of these, too, the blendy colors and the shine glaze get me every time.
Allee Willis
Of course, we want to see the lamps!
Nessa
I will be happy to share, they are boxed up momentarily though, awaiting their new home, when they are released from their cardboard prison, I will post them.
Allee Willis
Are you moving?
Nessa
Not immediately, but probably soon.