SML-117 Uncle Mistletoe
SML-117 UNCLE MISTLETOE
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| reference numbers | SML-117: Uncle Mistletoe
(M) SML-117A: Uncle Mistletoe (Lance label) |
| description | small Uncle Mistletoe figurine |
| dimensions | height = 2 1/4 inches |
| topics and series | Topics: Christmas
Commercial Series: None |
| related items | none |
| first issued/withdrawn/ discontinued forever |
SML-117
(1949/-/-) SML-117A (1976/1976-/-) |
| private issue and/or limited edition & quantity | private issue
for Marshall Field Dept. Store SML-117 1,500 made SML-117A 500 made |
| era first introduced. | Marblehead |
| value range | SML-117: 200/250 SML-117A: 250/300 |
| auction notes | SML-117 sold for $190 at 2001 Midwest Fair auction. |
| comments/observations | none |
GENERAL INFORMATION. Uncle Mistletoe and Aunt Holly were once the very popular trademarks of Marshall Field and Company, the giant Chicago department store. The store advertising department has seen the R. H. Stearns Sebastian two years before, and commissioned Baston to create an Uncle Mistletoe figurine. He produced 1,500 orders for the store's Christmas season.
Marshall Field ordered 500 more in 1979, thirty years later. By then, Uncle Mistletoe was a thing of the past and few remembered the elfin character.From The Sebastian Miniature Collection by Dr. Glenn S. Johnson.
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