Stanford Pottery

[Rob D.]

Love 'em. Nice job.

[perezfan]

Incredile pickup, Bob... sooooo rare, and a gorgeous piece. Congrats!

You should find the remaining two with little effort, if you are inclined to "complete" the set.

Of course (if one wanted to nitpick) there are two additional pieces, but I'm not sure if they really count...

1. Generic Manface (No Tigers on chest- just a plain jersey)
2. Albino Pirate (It's all white, and not very attractive, IMO)

The "Albino" Pirate turns up often enough, that I think it warrants inclusion in the set. Perhaps not, though... guessing there's only a handful of people out there who would really care

[Rob D.]

Not to pile on but rather to follow up on Mark's thoughts, there's also a smaller, prototype version of the Cleveland Indian. All a matter of personal preference.

[perezfan]

Great point, Rob... I forgot those prototypes. I have the Braves, which is different from traditional Stanford Pottery in a number of ways...

1. Slightly smaller
2. Chalk composition instead of Ceramic
3. Not as glossy
4. No coin slot in back

Or is it a razor slot? (I have heard opinions both ways)

I have also heard that these may have been Salesmen Samples?

Here's a pic of mine.... hope others will post/add to this thread as well

[perezfan]

Here's the Tigers Man-face, for anyone who's interested. By far the biggest/tallest of the Stanfords...

[perezfan]

One last post, as I like this topic...

While the Full Headdress Stanford Pottery Brave is insanely rare and desirable... there is also a Full Headdress Gibbs Conner.

This is another very rare piece, but obviously not as coveted. Anyway, thought I would attach a photo, since it's attractive and pretty closely related.

[Rob D.]

Originally Posted by perezfan

Or is it a razor slot? (I have heard opinions both ways)

The company definitely marketed these as -- among other things -- depositories for used razor blades. Here's an original tag that hung around the neck of the Indian at the point of sale.

[Rickyy]

Wow...Love them...great pieces!

Ricky Y

[bobfreedman]

Thanks for clarifying all the different points brought out as well as the compliments. I do believe that these were exclusively for used razor blades as there is no way to get the money out once the money has been dropped in, unless you consider breaking the pottery pieces which I do not believe was the intent.

I will eventually only get the two (Detroit man face and the smaller Boston Braves piece). I agree with you Mark that the Pirate not painted is ugly and I really do not consider that a different piece but I can see how others would.