Vintage Mermaids, fish and seahorses truly represent 1950's Americana. These beautiful nautical decorations were sold in pottery shops and yards, 5 and 10 cent stores, department stores, and gift shops, and could be found in home bathrooms throughout the United States and Canada. Everyone had a set of ceramic fish or mermaids, or knew of a mother, aunt or grandmother, who had a set decorating their bathroom. Almost every manufacturer and pottery shop in the US and Japan was producing mermaids and fish in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. The most popular manufacturers were Lefton, Norcrest China Company, Enesco, Ceramicraft Tropic Treasures, Freeman-McFarlin, Heidi Schoop, Josef Originals, Kay Finch, Napco, Bradley Exclusives, Ucago Ceramics Japan, CNC Los Angeles and Japan, DeForest of California, Gilner Culver City California, Irene Smith, Joty, Florence Ceramics, Kay Finch, Kelvin Exclusives, Nameth Enterprises, Pandora Potteries, PY Japan, and S.L. Cluter. You also see many sets that are unsigned because the label was removed over time, or the piece was made by an individual or small pottery shop that didn't mark their pieces. The brightly-colored fish and bubbles, and the beautiful mermaids, with their flowin-hair and cute, frolicking seahorses will live on through the ages and bring timeless enjoyment and rewards to collectors of all ages. Sandy also creates mermaids, fish and seahorses from vintage molds.  She has a section on her website for those mermaid collectors that want vintage style mermaids or sea creatures, but the originals either don't match their color schemes, or the originals are too expensive. These one of a kind mermaids, seahorses, fish, whales, starfish, and bubbles are made by Sandy Shores from 1940's and 1950's vintage molds. Sandy has over 300 ceramic and chalkware nautical molds, most of which she made from her original vintage pieces because, as most of you know, manufacturers do not sell their molds. Since Sandy is a professional artisan, your custom item will have a professional look rather than "home-made." Color charts are given to pick from, however if you have an exact color you want matched, you will need to send Sandy a sample.

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