FROM ELVES TO OWLS Old garden figures growing in value Weller Pottery Co.'s ceramic birds and animals are worth tracking down; CURRENT PRICES Current prices are recorded from antique shows, flea markets, sales and auctions throughout the United States. Prices vary in different locations because of local economic conditions. American Legion drum: Duplex Manufacturing Co., Pat. 1883-1898, brass label, "Slingerland Radio King," original drumstick, leather strap, 16-inch diameter: $65. Depression glass candy jar: Flower Garden With Butterflies pattern, cover, amber, 71 2 inches: $85. Tremblant brooch and earrings: black-painted gilt-metal leaves, flowers of rhinestone in shades of aqua, pale green, fuchsia and turquoise, Castlecliff, 1950s: $90. Gas can: Socony Mobil Oil Co., 1930s: $95. Stock certificate: Lake Copper Co., Michigan, vignette picturing woman on pedestal, men working behind her, signed by William Paine, 1920s: $130. Red Wing batter pitcher: blue, monk with harp: $250. Pull-toy: Katzenjammer Kids seesaw, cast iron, N.N. Hill Brass Co., circa 1900, 71 2 inches: $575. Trestle table: French Provincial, walnut, rectangular top on cabriole legs, pierced stretcher, 25 x 341 2 x 201 4 inches: $690. Snuffbox: German enamel, cartouche form, bombe sides, puce harbor scenes, scrolled border, gilt mounts, circa 1750, 4 inches: $2,600. Two-piece dress: Christian Dior black wool, long sleeves, bodice fastening at a slant, black buttons, size 6, circa 1950: $3,450.

From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Date: July 28, 1996| Author: RALPH AND TERRY KOVEL | Copyright information

Look in Grandma's back yard! You might find a fortune. The Weller Pottery Co. of Zanesville, Ohio, made a number of different garden ornaments. The pottery, which opened in the 1920s, closed in 1948. The company was well-known for its vases, jardinieres and floral ceramics.

The company's catalogs pictured realistic, life-size birds, such as a goose, a pelican and a pair of swans, the largest being 20 inches high.

Weller also sold a 7-inch squirrel, a 15-inch crow and a 13-inc...

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FROM ELVES TO OWLS Old garden figures growing in value Weller Pottery Co.'s ceramic birds and animals are worth tracking down; CURRENT PRICES Current prices are recorded from antique shows, flea markets, sales and auctions throughout the United States. Prices vary in different locations because of local economic conditions. American Legion drum: Duplex Manufacturing Co., Pat. 1883-1898, brass label, "Slingerland Radio King," original drumstick, leather strap, 16-inch diameter: $65. Depression glass candy jar: Flower Garden With Butterflies pattern, cover, amber, 71 2 inches: $85. Tremblant brooch and earrings: black-painted gilt-metal leaves, flowers of rhinestone in shades of aqua, pale green, fuchsia and turquoise, Castlecliff, 1950s: $90. Gas can: Socony Mobil Oil Co., 1930s: $95. Stock certificate: Lake Copper Co., Michigan, vignette picturing woman on pedestal, men working behind her, signed by William Paine, 1920s: $130. Red Wing batter pitcher: blue, monk with harp: $250. Pull-toy: Katzenjammer Kids seesaw, cast iron, N.N. Hill Brass Co., circa 1900, 71 2 inches: $575. Trestle table: French Provincial, walnut, rectangular top on cabriole legs, pierced stretcher, 25 x 341 2 x 201 4 inches: $690. Snuffbox: German enamel, cartouche form, bombe sides, puce harbor scenes, scrolled border, gilt mounts, circa 1750, 4 inches: $2,600. Two-piece dress: Christian Dior black wool, long sleeves, bodice fastening at a slant, black buttons, size 6, circa 1950: $3,450.
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