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Tinker Bell is one of a series of at least 32 ceramic pins from Flights of Fancy. Peter Pan's pixie is shown in either in flight or standing upright. She faces right, with arms extended out and slightly upward. Her left leg is crossed behind her right leg. She wears white shoes. Her light steel blue wings have small black dots throughtout.
The pin measures 2" (50 mm) tall and 1 1/16" (27 mm) wide. Tink has a glued-on straight back with clasp; there is no backstamp.
Roz Simon and Wendy Niven were the designers and owners of Flights of Fancy - a ceramic jewelry company in business from the late 1970's to early 1990's. The Disney pin series was produced in the early 1980's.
Pins were licensed by Disney and sold in the U.S. at department stores such as Bloomingdales and Macy's, as well as various boutiques, gift stores, chain stores, etc. They were sold internationally; Japan, in particular, featured them in many of their stores and in magazines.
Flights of Fancy jewelry gained fame from taking popular items - from boxes of crayons, Chiclets Chewing Gum boxes, tape dispensers, other whimsical subjects - and creating colorful ceramic pins. Some were brooch-style and others had a single post back.
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