04-22-2018 10:16 AM
about 20 yrs ago I inherited some things from a friends' estate- have been stored since then and would like to know if these have any value, b4 i post-- not even sure what they are... thank you!
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04-23-2018 11:49 AM
Hi,
I want to thank everyone for their input. It was all valuable and certainly helpful...got a few things up today...Smiles to all!
04-22-2018 10:20 AM
Can you take clearer pictures of the bottoms of each item. They are all very cute.
04-22-2018 10:28 AM
I will try.. my hands shake somewhat, so a bit difficult... 🙂
04-22-2018 10:32 AM
Try resting part of your arm against the counter to steady your hands.
04-22-2018 10:48 AM
I was still unable to get a clearer pic but I finally was able to read bottom-- made in czechoslavakia..on the bottom of the small yellow floral piece.
04-22-2018 11:41 AM
Welcome to the site **special4you**.
The 1st photo may be Royal Copenhagen/Bing & Grondahl blue robin salt & pepper shakers.
04-22-2018 11:46 AM
For the 2 birds, if there isnothing on the bottom, then you can enter: blue bird salt and pepper shaker into google.com/images. Lots of examples that are similar.
For the boy with 2 buckets, enter: figurine dutch boy spring neck. I didn't see any match, but I saw a couple similar, that will get your started.
For the yellow vase, enter: made in czechoslovakia pottery marks and see if you can find a similar image.
04-22-2018 12:04 PM
A lot of the littie wooden Dutch nodder dolls, like your fellow with the pails, were made by Goula, in Spain. I see a few here that look very much like yours:
Is the little guy in the pointed hat also made of wood? He might be Goula, too, if he is. Can you tell us what it says on his hat?
04-22-2018 12:47 PM
Thanks for your help-- 🙂
The guy in the hat is plastic..the hat has Facit / Halda on it , along with some numbers...botton has a sticker- Sweden....
04-22-2018 01:02 PM - edited 04-22-2018 01:03 PM
Well, the only Facit Halda - Sweden that I come up with right off the bat is a now-bankrupt company. The Halda company made typewriters, including a model called the Facit, produced in the late 1950s-early 1960s. Whether your little guy is in any way related to that (as a promotional / give-away, for example), I cannot say. But you might want to research more along that line, if no one comes along with a better idea.
04-22-2018 02:09 PM
@maxine*j wrote:The Halda company made typewriters, including a model called the Facit, produced in the late 1950s-early 1960s. Whether your little guy is in any way related to that (as a promotional / give-away, for example), I cannot say.
Yep, you've got it.
https://typewriters.ch/files/manuals/Halda%20Portable%20manual-2.pdf
(NB: the link is to a PDF file)
04-22-2018 02:26 PM
Teamwork! Second time in two days that I've said something could be a promotional/ giveaway item, and then you've gone out and found an actual advertisement for same.
So do we each get a badge, or do we have to share one?
04-22-2018 02:36 PM - edited 04-22-2018 02:38 PM
@maxine*j wrote:Teamwork! Second time in two days that I've said something could be a promotional/ giveaway item, and then you've gone out and found an actual advertisement for same.
Not only that - both items were Swedish! How's that for déjà vu?
Here's some surprisingly interesting discussion about the Facit and Halda typewriters:
https://oztypewriter.blogspot.co.uk/search?q=FACIT
https://oztypewriter.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/halda-portable-typewriter-linking.html
04-23-2018 11:49 AM
Hi,
I want to thank everyone for their input. It was all valuable and certainly helpful...got a few things up today...Smiles to all!