A Blingy Pony

Liz, Jamie, and Yvonne brought me a gift when they stayed at my home for Happy Trails.

A blingy, spaghetti mane and tailed pony that originally had been in Nancy Falzone's collection.

They called it a circus pony, and it very well may be. But I have no other information on it as of this point.

Liz told me that the general consensus was the it might be a piece from Kreiss, but I did some research and found this on the Kreiss web site:

"There have never been any foil or paper stickers used by Kreiss, but the company did use ink stamps on as many of its collectibles as possible. Look and you will find either one of two ink stamps, the earlier pieces stamped "Kreiss and Co." and the later pieces will stamped "Kreiss Corp."

There is nothing stamped on the bottom of the pony's hooves or belly so it isn't a Kreiss.

A quick check of eBay shows a couple of these for sale plus a piece that is in a complementary pose which makes me think that this may originally have been part of a set. All the descriptions state that this piece is from Japan, although no one provided any documentation for that assertion.

I'm afraid I am starting to collect blingy ponies, so this little china fits right in with them. I'll talk about them soon. I'll also announce who guessed correctly as to which model I purchased from the sales table at the GLC show.

Stay 'tooned!