RARE FIND | 1950S VINTAGE BREYER POODLE GLOSSY BLACK #67 PINK COLLAR | BT144 |

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1950S VINTAGE BREYER POODLE GLOSSY BLACK #67 PINK COLLAR
The Big Poodle mold has been out of commission since 1973. The biggest factor in the mold’s retirement was the mold itself: because of the complexity of the head and legs and its heavily curled coat, it takes a lot of plastic to mold one. The irregular, deeply cut surface of the mold also leads to other molding issues, including mold flow lines and short shots.
In the early days, Breyer mitigated some of those cost problems by cutting the cost the only other way possible: the paint job. The earliest Poodles were barely painted at all, outside of a little detailing on the face and the collar. Even the Black ones: the earliest Black Poodles were molded out of solid black plastic that necessitated, at most, a bit of gloss.
The mold was in production for three years before the circular mold mark debuted, so it’s not uncommon to find him without one. Because Breyer catalog and price list records from the 1950s are incomplete, we don't know for sure when the Large Poodle was first issued. Based on what evidence we do have---a partial catalog and price list that is likely from 1955 or 1956 that does not include the Large Poodle and both a Sears and Spiegels holiday catalog from 1957 that do include a Large Poodle---I think it's a reasonably safe bet that the dog was first issued in 1956 or 1957. (It may have gone into production as early as 1955, but I suspect the timing coincides more closely with the sewing kit/perfume special run dogs in the 1957 holiday catalogs.)
IT IS VERY SIMULAR TO ROSENTHAL GERMANY PORCILIAN DOGS THAT CAME OUT AROUND THE SAME TIME
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