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Mickey on a Lollipop is one of a series of at least six ceramic Disney pins replicating a candy sucker.
The light blue circular pin has what appears to be an actual lollipop stick stuck in it. Mickey's head in on the lower portion of the "sucker" - facing right - with one of his arms extended to the right and a hand pointing to the word "Disneyland" which appear in an arc across the top of the pin. Mickey is white face with smile, open mouth and red tongue showing. A light blue ribbon is tied around the stick.
The pin height is going to vary, depending on how deeply the lollipop stick was placed in the ceremic portion of the pin. It is 1 1/8" (29 mm) wide and approximately 2 1/2" (63 mm) to 2 5/8" (68 mm) tall. It has a glued-on straight back with clasp. On the stick is "© WALT DISNEY PROD."
Other pins in this lollipop series include #90080, #90081, #90082, #90083 and #90084.
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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