Topic: HALLOWEEN PLANTER (Boo) by " RELPO "

[antiquerose123]

Hi, I have this Halloween planter that says on the bottom of it:

                                       RELPO
                                      A-1568
                                       Japan

Anyone know about this, and how old is it.  Someone had told me they thought it was the 60's, as *holiday* planters were more the norm then - is this from that era?  Anyone?

[Lustrousstone]

Sounds about right to me too, here's a Relpo planter with a 1959 copyright date http://www.janicewise.com/relpo2.html

[antiquerose123]

Sounds about right to me too, here's a Relpo planter with a 1959 copyright date http://www.janicewise.com/relpo2.html

  THAT'S A GREAT SITE FOR SOME OF THE STUFF FROM JAPAN...THANKS LUSTROUSSTONE 

ANYMORE LIKE THAT IS WELCOMED TOO...

 

[grapenut]

This is some history:
http://www.headvasemuseum.com/html/contents/manufacturers.html

....very handy to remember that a lot of these American companies imported from Japan. It will be next to impossible to ID the actual makers, as the import companies used different 'jobbers', who didn't mark their pieces:

[antiquerose123]

THANKS GRAPENUT....

Thanks for the great info....it answered lots of questions--as I also have some LEFTON, ENESCO, AND NAPCO here that I have not even posted yet...you are ahead of me...

Thanks 

From one *nut* to another *nut*   

Rose