Characteristic of the haciendas are these interesting porticoed walls, somehow resembling adobe - and the use of excellent hand watercolor wash to acheive a color gradiency found on no other style of house. Also - the true fired bisque figures first appear with the haciendas and are used generously - found on all but the very smallest. I hold an inner smile while listening to antique sellers telling me that these with figures go back to the 1800's and are especially rare. It's simply not the case. If you find a hacienda without a figure, look on the bottom; there is probably a hole where the wire originally went through.

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