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Title: Is this little creamer guy a Palmer Cox Brownie?
Post by: talesofthesevenseas on December 12, 2020, 03:11:18 pm
I picked up this little creamer guy in an antique store for next to nothing. I thought he might be one of the Cox Palmer Brownie characters. I've been looking at old illustrations and novelty items, and I've been unable to find one exactly like this. The difficulty is that there seem to be a lot of "one-off" characters that were created as needed. Palmer Cox was an early mass marketer and sold his brownies to all kinds of manufacturers. They were on toys, tea sets, dinnerware, illustrations, you name it. Just about anything would sell if it had a brownie image on it. Almost all of the brownie ceramicware was unmarked, as this is.

This guy really seems to have the Palmer Cox look. So far I can't find another like him, Palmer Cox or otherwise. He is made of very light, thin ceramic, like a delicate tea cup. I'm kind of amazed he has survived.

What do you guys think? I was unable to even find a collector group that I could show him to.
Title: Re: Is this little creamer guy a Palmer Cox Brownie?
Post by: mart on December 12, 2020, 06:23:01 pm
Sure looks similar to me !
Title: Re: Is this little creamer guy a Palmer Cox Brownie?
Post by: Rauville on December 13, 2020, 09:57:25 am
I agree that he has the appearance of one. What is that around his neck, a pigtail?

Quite the collection here:
https://theriaultsdolls.tumblr.com/post/168046694797/important-kaonis-collection-of-palmer-cox-brownies (https://theriaultsdolls.tumblr.com/post/168046694797/important-kaonis-collection-of-palmer-cox-brownies)
Title: Re: Is this little creamer guy a Palmer Cox Brownie?
Post by: talesofthesevenseas on December 13, 2020, 02:40:00 pm
I sent an email to the Riaults and asked if they could help determine if it is Palmer Cox. The thing around the neck is just the trim on his robe. Here's another picture in brighter sunlight
Title: Re: Is this little creamer guy a Palmer Cox Brownie?
Post by: mart on December 14, 2020, 06:13:17 pm
Hve you heard back yet ?
Title: Re: Is this little creamer guy a Palmer Cox Brownie?
Post by: talesofthesevenseas on December 14, 2020, 07:09:37 pm
No word yet
Title: Re: Is this little creamer guy a Palmer Cox Brownie?
Post by: mart on December 17, 2020, 06:30:21 pm
Let us know when you hear !!
Title: Re: Is this little creamer guy a Palmer Cox Brownie?
Post by: talesofthesevenseas on December 17, 2020, 06:51:46 pm
Still nothing. I was thinking I should try texting or calling the phone number
Title: Re: Is this little creamer guy a Palmer Cox Brownie?
Post by: mart on December 19, 2020, 06:20:04 am
Might get an answer faster that way !!
Title: Re: Is this little creamer guy a Palmer Cox Brownie?
Post by: talesofthesevenseas on January 23, 2021, 05:12:29 pm
Still no response from them, I will try calling the old-fashioned way
Title: Re: Is this little creamer guy a Palmer Cox Brownie?
Post by: talesofthesevenseas on January 28, 2021, 02:27:17 pm
Well, I called them. They said to send an email. When I told them I already had and there was no response, they said it was one of those things that really wasn't on their radar and that they were busy with other things and I would have to wait until someone got back to me. Considering it has been over a month, I don't really think anyone will. I think I need to find a different source for Palmer Cox info.
Title: Re: Is this little creamer guy a Palmer Cox Brownie?
Post by: mart on February 04, 2021, 02:16:54 pm
Good luck Tales !!
Title: Re: Is this little creamer guy a Palmer Cox Brownie?
Post by: talesofthesevenseas on February 05, 2021, 07:31:45 am
I'm surprised that I can't seem to find a collector group for Palmer Cox. This ID has turned out to be more difficult than I anticipated!