Stanford Pottery

[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.

[Rob D.]

The middle piece in the first photo is the miniature version of the Indian that I have. Even though I described it above as a prototype, I think Mark is correct that it was a salesman sample.

The second photo is a close-up of the remainder of a sticker on the base of the Stanford Potter Indian pictured on the right in the other photo. It reads "Souvenir of Cleveland, Ohio."

I have a few Gibbs Conner pieces that have similar stickers, but this is the only Stanford Pottery statue I've found with one.

Bob, I think these also were marketed as banks, as evidenced by the phrase "The chief not only helps the savers ..." on the point-of-sale tag.

[Scott Garner]

I agree with Rob.
I recall the image of the older ceramic piggy banks requiring using a hammer to shatter the back to grab the saved cash...

[djrhanover]

Those are fantastic pieces, Bob! Beautiful collection. How about a Kentucky Pirates?

[perezfan]

HOORAY! Another variation...

Bob's Pirate (original post) has the full Beard, while Dave's Kentucky Pirate has just the thin mustache. Cool


Also... My White Elephant has "Athletics" across the chest, but I saw one at the National that said "A's". Very few of either are known to exist... Bob, just curious which version you have (he's turned sideways, so impossible to tell...)

[bobfreedman]

Mine says Athletics across the chest as well as I have seen both now that you mention that.

Also I have received an image from someone that has a Dodger Bum that is blue. Wow!! I would love to own this one but I am not going to sweat all the variations as they appear to be limitless apparently