I have two more pieces to share that I received from the Carolyn Boydston auction.
Elephants! (And cute ones, too!) This is African Elephant Mama and African Elephant Baby in grey gloss.
The were sculpted for Hagen Renaker by Tom Masterson and released in matte brown (1953 - 1956) and grey gloss (1971 - 1972.)
The pair has beautiful shading,
the price was right,
and well, you know what happened. Now they're mine!
I'm amazed that those slender, delicate trunks have survived for over fifty years
and I am going to do my best to keep them that way.
I also received the two 75th anniversary blankets from Breyer.
I think the Western Horse is the right choice for their anniversary logo; after all, he was the first horse or animal produced by Breyer way back in 1950.
But that odd 75 on the logo puzzled me at first. And then I saw and understood what Breyer was doing.
It's Breyer's 75th or diamond anniversary, and by drawing a line around the number, you can see a diamond. Clever!
The second blanket has various diamond shapes just like the logo uses.
It also has five models on it, models that are celebrating their own anniversaries. There's Smart Chic Olena (2005, 20 years), the Western Horse (1950, 75 years), the American Saddlebred Stallion (2000, 25 years), Lonesome Glory (2000, 25 years) and Esprit (2010, 15 years).
That Esprit puzzles me - this is his 15th anniversary which is rather unremarkable. I'm going to do a little research and some thinking about the reasons why he was included.
Stay 'tooned!
