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Jiminy Cricket on a Lollipop is one of a series of at least six ceramic Disney pins replicating a candy sucker.
The bright yellow circular pin has what appears to be an actual lollipop stick stuck in it. Pinocchio's cricket is shown from the head up, facing right, with his eye looking upward. He wears a black top hat with yellow ribbon wrapped around it. A green 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 Mickey Disneyland (#90079), Donald Duck (#90081), Goofy (#90082), Mickey (#90083) and Minnie (#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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