SML-216 Parade Rest
SML-216 Parade Rest
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| reference numbers | SML-216: Parade Rest
(circles on base) (M) SML-216A: Parade Rest (Lance 6233) SML-216B: Parade Rest (plain base) (M) |
| description | young boy dressed as soldier, with drum |
| dimensions | height = 4 1/8 inches |
| topics and series | Topics:
American
Life and Values Children
Holidays Literature in America Series: Godey's Ladies Book |
| related items | SML-214A (Ride to the Hounds); SML-362 (Drummer Boy) |
| first issued/withdrawn/ discontinued forever |
SML-216
(1953/1975/-) SML-216A (1977/1991/-) SML-216B (1948/1950/-) |
| private issue and/or limited edition & quantity | not applicable |
| era first introduced. | Marblehead |
| value range | SML-216:
40/60 SML-216A: 30/40 SML-216B: 75/100 |
| auction notes | none |
| comments/observations | none |
GENERAL INFORMATION. The Godey's Lady's Book was the first successful woman's magazine. The magazine, which featured articles by famous authors and colored plates of the latest fashioned, attained a circulation of 150,000 by 1958 and was considered the standards for morals and good taste. When Baston planned a series of children for his retail stores, he researched the Godey's Lady's Books on file at the Essex Institute in Salem, MA. He advertised the line as "Victorian Children from Godey's Lady's Book Story Series," and it long remained the top selling line of all Sebastian Miniatures. The slightly larger scale of the Godey Children than the rest of the miniatures is due to Baston's plan to have hem compete with Hummel figurines.
The fourth in the Godey series, this little boy is dressed in the Civil War uniform of a Zouave soldier. He was sold as a pair with "Cavalry" (SML-214) during our Civil War Centennial. Baston converted him to Drummer Boy in 1968 (SML-362).From Dr. Glenn Johnson's book, The Sebastian Miniature Collection.
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