PRINTIES
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"1928"on the bottom when she bought it in Brownsville, PA that year.
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| PRINTIES are characterized by lithographed brick sides or plain colors with lithographed stone masonry around the doors and windows. The roofs are glossy with hand-painted snow and glitter effects. Fence posts are always wood, round, half-round or square. Sometimes iron wire is strung between. Bases can be either flat or box. Many times the same style house can be found as a candy or "surprise" box,too. Note the odd "spots" on some of the roofs. That is strongly characteristic of this period. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1928:
I know this to be 1928 because my Grandmother had this house. She penciled "1928"on the bottom when she bought it in Brownsville, PA that year. |
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| Matching hole plugs are another characteristic of the PRINTIE. This extravagance was not continued very long. They were no longer supplied during the coming styles of the '30s or again thereafter. Sometimes they're still there when you find a PRINTIE. If not, then it's been lost because they ALWAYS had them. Even the smallest ones. Note the Santa. Figures at this time are not the bisque with wire, but rather some sort of brown composition material...possibly even unfired clay. They were meticulously hand-painted, sometimes with much detail, and sometimes glued on as well as wired. They crumbled fairly easily and often all you find are just a pair of feet in the front yard ... | |||||||||||||||||||||
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