VINTAGE JOSEF ORIGINAL, JAPAN, HORSE COLT FIGURINE

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VINTAGE JOSEF ORIGINAL, JAPAN, HORSE COLT FIGURINE Designed By Muriel Joseph George This Foal was designed by the extremely talented sculptor Muriel Joseph George for Josef Originals This company started in 1942 selling under the company name of "Muriel of California. The founder, Muriel Joseph George, fell in love with the feel of clay. She let her hands do the sculpting, and began creating everything from little girls to pixie children, and of course, animals of all kinds! When the name, "Josef Originals" came into being, it was a mistake of their label printer that forever changed the spelling of the company from Joseph to Josef; as is often the case in business, they had no time to fix the error, so the misspelled name was embraced as the company name from that day forward. In 1980-81, Muriel decided to retire and George Good bought the company from her. She did continue to create new designs for the company until about 1985. In 1985, George Good sold the company to Applause, Inc., with no new designs being made under the Josef Originals name. Muriel Joseph George died in 1992, but she lives on through the many charming creations she made. Small figurines carry a round or oval sticker, black with gold lettering and border, and a quarter inch oval sticker which says "Japan". This little foal also carries an oval sticker on his read more
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