Head Vases who knew? I grew up surrounded by these items. My grandmother had a sun porch and we would sit on it chatting listening to music from the e 50's as she would fill them with "real" plastic flowers so they could be dole at the local flea market where she had a weekend booth. Two things I remember most was the suffocating smell of dusty plastic flowers int he heat of the sun room and second how much I wanted to grow up and look like those head vases, so elegant. 

    Head vases were hip as far back as the the late 1940's. Most of the original head vases were 9 1/2" but with increased costs by the the 1960's the head vases had shrunken in size to 4 1/2" to allow a profit margin by the production companies.
     These head vases were produced by thirteen (13) different companies.  




This lovely lady was just sold in our last auction, she was free of any crack, chips or crazing considered to be in Very Good Condition. The tags below were actual from her base.

For more information on Head Vases go to http://www.headvasemuseum.com
Brinn's China-GlasswareEnesco Corporation
Ceramic Arts StudioThe Geo. Zoltan Lefton Co.

Lego Imports-Goldman Morgan    Napco  

Irving W. Rice & Co., Inc.      Rubens Originals
UCAGCO

As well as : Samson Import Co. Inc. / Reliable Glassware & Pottery Co., Inc., Betty Lou Nichols Ceramics, INARCO, Holt Howard Associates, Inc.,