What are these?any value?

[**special4you**l]

 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!

[candd205]

Can you take clearer pictures of the bottoms of each item. They are all very cute.

[**special4you**l]

I will try.. my hands shake somewhat, so a bit difficult... 🙂

[candd205]

Try resting part of your arm against the counter to steady your hands.

[**special4you**l]

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.

[woodw_sandr]

Welcome to the site **special4you**.

The 1st photo may be Royal Copenhagen/Bing & Grondahl blue robin salt & pepper shakers.

[candd205]

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.

[maxine*j]

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:

https://www.google.com/search?q=vintage+wooden+dutch+nodder+dolls+goula+spain&source=lnms&tbm=isch&s...

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?

[**special4you**l]

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....

[maxine*j]

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.

[argon38]

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@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.

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Yep, you've got it.

https://typewriters.ch/files/manuals/Halda%20Portable%20manual-2.pdf

(NB: the link is to a PDF file)

[maxine*j]

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?    

[argon38]

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@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

[**special4you**l · Accepted solution]

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!