SML-57 Song at Cratchits
SML-57 Songs at Cratchits
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| reference numbers | SML-57: Songs at Cratchits
(Patent Pending) (M) SML-57A: Songs at Cratchits (M) SML-57B: Songs at Cratchits (Lance 6113) |
| description | Mrs. Cratchit and two children singing (on one base) |
| dimensions | height = 2 3/4 inches |
| topics and series | Topics: Children
Christmas
Literature
in England Series: Charles Dickens |
| related or similar items | none |
| first issued/withdrawn/ discontinued forever |
SML-57
(1946/1953/-) SML-57A (1954/1975/-) SML-57B (1976/-/-) |
| private issue and/or limited edition & quantity | not applicable |
| era first introduced. | Marblehead |
| value range | SML-57: 65/75 SML-57A: 40/60 SML-57B: 30/35 |
| auction notes | none |
| comments/observations | none |
GENERAL INFORMATION. With Mrs. Cratchit (SML-56), the Cratchit children serve as a loving background to the lives of Bob Cratchit and Tiny Tim in start contract to the penny-pinching and barren world of Ebenezer Scrooge. From Dickens' A Christmas Carol.
Note: Baston designed a six-sided (hexagonal) base (SML-347) for his Dickens characters, locking them mechanically to a cottage background (SML-61) display. In 1946 he applied for a patent to protect this design motif and he cast the term "Patent Pending" into the base of each Dickens figurine. In 1953 he was informed that the patent was denied. All Dickens production form 1946 to 1953 bears the term "Patent Pending."
From Dr. Glenn Johnson's book, The Sebastian Miniature Collection.
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