Wade Ceramic Collectables

If you are like me you will constantly be dipping into reference books and surfing the net to find out about your favourite Wade whimsies and ceramic collectables. There is a lot of information out there but it can be hard to find the correct information at times.

One of the books I regularly use to look up information is:

Wade Collectables which is a Charlton Standard Catalogue by Pat Murray

It contains 400 pages in paperback form and was published in April 2007 so is bang up to date with all your Wade collectables. It is a comprehensive listing of many Wade items with valuations and black and white photographs of virtually each item.

The book has chapters on Wade animals, birds, characters, children’s sets, commemorative ware, Disney, figures, flowers, money boxes, teapots, Tetley tea, Ware Ireland, and wall decorations. In other words there is some Wade for everyone.

The Synopsis of the book goes:


Suitable as reference for collectors and dealers of pieces produced by George Wade, Wadeheath and Irish Wade potteries. This volume contains a cross-section of the most collectable items among the figurines, general issues, decorative ware, liquor containers, and more. Wade Whimsicals are also covered in a separate catalogue.


If you are interested in learning more about this book then please click on the link below:

Wade Collectables: A Charlton Standard Catalogue

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Disney Hatbox, Lady & the Tramp Characters

Most people love Walt Disney films so there was nothing surprising when Wade Pottery brought out products along the Disney theme. To me however one of the most successful Wade figurines issues has to come from the Hatbox collection.

Altogether there are more than forty different hatbox figures produced in four sets, over two different time settings and seven films. The Disney hatbox figures are mainly larger than a Wade Whimsie with a few exceptions and are highly collectable.

Wade prices rise steadily but because this collection appeals to all age brackets – who has not heard of Disney’s lady and the Tramp, or Bambi or even Sword in the Stone, the prices are set to continue to increase because of this well known branding.

No matter if you are a fan of Bambi or a fan of the Fox and Hounds, or like me a fan of Lady and the Tramp, you will find these exquisite characters a delight and they are a must for any serious Wade collector or Disney fan. Here is a list of the hatbox characters issued within each set:

Set 1 Wade hatbox characters from Lady and the Tramp:

• Jock
• Lady
• Peg
• Scamp
• Tramp
• Trusty

These 6 Disney Hatbox Lady and the Tramp characters were issued between 1956 and 1957.

Set 2 Wade hatbox characters from Bambi, Lady and the Tramp, Dumbo and Fantasia:

• Am
• Baby Pegasus
• Bambi
• Dachie
• Dumbo
• Flower
• Si
• Thumper
• Toughy

These 9 Disney hatbox characters were issued between 1958 and 1960.

Set 3 Wade Hatbox characters from 101 Dalmatians and the Sword in the Stone:

• Archimedes
• Girl Squirrel
• Lucky
• Madam Mim
• Merlin as a Caterpillar
• Merlin as a Hare
• Merlin as a Turtle
• Rolly
• Sergeant Tibbs
• The Colonel

This third set was issued between 1961 and 1962.

The second Issue Wade Hatbox characters were from Bambi, Fox and Hound and Lady and the Tramp and were issued between 1981 and 1985:

• Bambi
• Big Mama
• Chief
• Copper
• Dachie
• Jock
• Lady
• Peg
• Scamp
• Tod
• Tramp
• Thumper

This set contained reissued models made from the same moulds as the first issue along with some new characters.

Out of all the Disney hatbox characters the figurines from the Sword in the Stone issue are the most valuable today due to productivity of numbers, with prices of Merlin as a Turtle and Merline as a Caterpiller running close to £150 each!

If you are interested in learning more about Wade Disney Hatbox figures then please go to link below to find out more:

www.wade-in-england.com

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Red Rose Tea Wade Whimsies

Whoever would have thought that adding a free Wade whimsy to a pack of tea would not only revive sales but become so popular that one promotion originally proposed for two to three years would span four decades, numerous issues and many countries? Enter the Canadian Red Rose Tea company.

Way back in 1967 the idea of using Wade miniatures as free premiums in packs of Red Rose Tea in Quebec Canada was born. Popularity for these Red Rose Tea Wade whimsies was so great that the initial issue of twelve models was extended into a series of thirty-two and the promotional area extended throughout Canada.

This promotion consisted of Wade whimsy miniature animals. The very early models from this issue can be distinguished from the later ones due to the fact that the “Wade England” backstamp is on the bottom of the model in a recess. In later models the backstamp appears along the rim of the model.

Also there were two different versions of the rabbit made, the earliest version has closed ears which Wade craftsmen found difficult to tidy up around the ceramic casting. So another version of rabbit was introduced this time with open ears.

It is worth mentioning that not just in the Red Rose Tea Wade whimsies but with many other Wade whimsy issues two seemingly identical models turn up. These models look very alike apart from their obvious size difference. This was due to original moulds breaking or wearing out and being replaced by smaller ones.

If you think the models look familiar then you would be correct. The majority of the Red Rose Tea Wade Whimsy promotion was re-issued as the English Whimsies 1971-1984 collection. Also Red Rose teas sister company in the United Kingdom Brook Bond followed suit and used the frog, butterfly and fan tailed goldfish for a promotion of its own. Plus the terrapin and crocodile (or alligator as shown in an advertisement for Red Rose tea from the 1960s) was previously used in the Flintstones Christmas cracker promotion ran by Balding and Mansell in 1965.

This first Red Rose tea promotion ran from 1967 to 1973 and was so successful that it was decided that they would begin another promotion again using Wade whimsies as free premiums in their packaging of the tea.

This second promotional issue was originally rolled out in selected areas of Canada and comprised a series of twenty-four Wade Whimsy nursery rhyme characters; however as before it was such a hit with Red Rose Tea drinkers that in 1973 the promotion was once again extended throughout Canada.

It is reported that over twenty million Red Rose Tea Wade whimsy nursery rhyme models were made. And once again they were used by other firms as part of their promotions one such promotion was by Lever Rexona in New Zealand as part of a Signal toothpaste promotion in the early 1970s.

The Red Rose Tea Wade Whimsy Miniature nursery rhyme promotion ran from 1972 till 1979. In 1981 the company used the excess models from the English Whoppa series that had just came to an end as their next promotion. However this time in their third promotional issue they changed their tactics.

Instead of giving away the Wade whimsy as a free premium inside the packaging of the tea, the Red Rose tea company asked collectors to send in promotional tabs from the tea boxes themselves along with $1 to cover the postage costs. The Wade whimsy Whoppa was then sent out in a small box.

In 1982 the fourth and last Red Rose Tea Canadian Wade whimsies issue was issued. It lasted for two years until 1984 and comprised again of miniature animals. Six models from the very first Red Rose Tea Canadian promotion were given a colour glaze makeover. The other seventeen models that made up this fourth issue of twenty-three animal models were from the English whimsies series.

This however this is not the end of the story.

Due to the popularity of the Canadian Red Rose Tea Wade whimsy free premium promotions the promotions were extended out into the United States of America in 1983 were they continued to remain as popular as in Canada. Even today there exists a Red Rose tea Wade whimsy promotion entitled Pet shop Friends, issued in 2006.

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