Archive News & Updates

Completed and published Section 5.2 – Santa Mugs & Candle Plates.

The new page documents seven non-Starry-Eyed Santa mug styles and six non-Starry-Eyed candle-plate styles, with front and underside photographs, measurements, production marks, original packaging where available, and collector notes distinguishing Gold Eye Santa from the frequently misidentified Starry-Eyed Santa designs.

Completed and published Section 5.1 – Holt Howard Punch Bowl, Pitcher & Mug Sets, launching Section 5 – The Christmas Collection.

The new page documents five coordinated Santa beverage and serving sets, including two distinct Winking Santa pitcher-and-mug sets, Merry Whiskers Santa, the 1962 Winking Santa punch bowl set, and the 1967 Cloud Santa beverage set.

Completed and published Section 4.9 – Kitchen Cubs, documenting all 10 presently known product forms across 45 images, including the surviving 1958 Holt-Howard dealer catalog page.

The completed page brings together the line’s numbered catalog pieces, the unnumbered “Bear in Mind” memo holder and string holder, and surviving sample/test-run markings. With Kitchen Cubs complete, Section 4 – Everyday Collections & Forgotten Lines is now finished.

Completed and published Section 4.8 – Cozy Kittens, expanded into two linked pages documenting the line across 47 product cards and 181 images.

The completed section includes the core production line, a substantial Rare & Unusual grouping, surviving packaging and labels, detailed marks and measurements, and photographic documentation of numerous variations and seldom-seen pieces.

Completed and published Section 4.7 – Merry Mice, documenting the full eight-piece line with original photographs, surviving packaging, and archived auction imagery.

The new page also records several useful details not fully captured in earlier collector guides, including the Cocktail Kibitzers’ original one-dozen toothpick count, the consistent tonal difference between the male and female salt-and-pepper shakers, and additional production-date and dimensional evidence from surviving examples.

Completed and published Section 4.6 – Coq Rouge Roosters, expanded into two linked pages covering the full line across 40 product cards.

The completed section adds extensive photographic documentation of ceramic, wooden, metal, and electrical pieces; records size, date, and form variations; incorporates surviving original tags and packaging; and corrects several measurements and identifications carried forward in earlier collector guides.

Updated the Applejack page with a new section documenting a group of strawberry-patterned related pieces, including a cookie jar, coffee server, and probable napkin holder. The surviving examples appear to represent a likely precursor or developmental offshoot of the 1962 Applejack line.

Discovered and documented the previously unconfirmed pink Jolly Floral Girl Vinegar cruet, confirming that the pink Oil & Vinegar variant exists. The Jolly Floral Girl page has been updated with photographs of the newly discovered example.

Completed a new Research & Discoveries section on the 1959 Pixieware page documenting a possible prototype Pixieware snack dish.

Completed and published Section 7.6 – Need Help Identifying / Valuing Pieces

Completed and published Section 7.7 – Contact & Contribute

Completed and published Section 7.3 – Collector Resources

Completed and published Section 7.4 – Recommended Groups

Completed and published Section 7.5 – My Pages & Socials

Completed and published Section 4.5 – Little Bow Peep / Peepin' Tom and Tweetie

Completed and published Section 4.4 – Blueberry Line

Completed Sections 4.3 - Bucks County

Completed Sections 7.1, 7.2, 7.8 & 7.9.

Completed sections 4.1 & 4.2

Began section 3 development

Began section 2 development

Began website development