Front Description
This vintage brooch is one of a pair featuring everyone's favorite mouse Mickey and Minnie Mouse. This is the MICKEY pin.
It is featured in the Tomart's Disneyana Guide to Pin Trading. The guide states that this pin was released sometime between 1933 to 1936. It was manufactured by Brier Mfg. Co. of Providence, Rhode Island. It is among some of the earliest pins ever released. It measures 1 1/4" tall.
[8 Nov 2002 comment: Tomart's misidentifies the manufacture of this pin. It was manufactured by Brier Mfg. Co. of Providence, Rhode Island. It originally sold for 10 cents. Please see Disneyana: Walt Disney Collectibles by Cecil Munsey (New York: Hawthorn Books, Inc., 1974), p. 135 (picture of products sold by Brier Mfg. Co. with discription).]
Back Description
Gold sandblasted pebble. Brooch clasp. © WD