A Fox Bat Cookie Jar For HALLOWEEN?

 I stumbled across this precious cookie jar
just the other day while surfing the web.

get one here

It's a FOX BAT Cookie Jar

by sculptor Doug Anderson

Available on his sight 

ANDERSONIA 

I love the stylized design,

very expressive!

Just beautiful!

I would love to have this little guy

on display for Halloween!

It's the $175.00 price tag

that's the main deterrent for me. 

Anderson even signs the bottom of the jar!

Here is a picture of a Flying Fox Bat

By robertharding

They are definitely the cutest bats out there!

I've even heard them called sky puppies!

Anderson did a great job capturing its likeness.

There are even rare white fox bats.

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Doug Anderson even offers a white bat!

I love those pink eyes!

He has a bronze one too.

BUT THAT'S NOT ALL!

He offers a literal glass menagerie of cookie jars!

Here's an owl! 

For Harry Potter fans, 

we find a white owl!

And for OG Clash of the Titans fans, a bronze owl!

Just kidding, Bubo was more silver and gold.

Here's a beautiful Jade Monkey!

This thing could be in a movie it's so unique!

It also comes in white.

Here's a bear.

Love the little toe beans.

Here's a Tarsier on bamboo

Three colors available.

Last but not least

We find a very stylized penguin!

Adorable.

Doug Anderson offers many more

unique pieces at Andersonia

Here's a garden sculpture!

I Know!

$90 will get you one of these.

Here's some butter dishes.

Peek a boo vases,

several Rhyton mugs,

AND

Some REALLY AWESOME Cookie jars

Ranging in price from $450 to $650!!

Even an actual HALLOWEEN jar!

If you love witches, this jar is for you!

No collection would be complete without Teapots

Here are some super intricate ones 

each for well over $1000!

I still am a big fan of this bat.

Just imagine on Halloween night seeing 

this fellow staring at you!

I'd be thrilled!!!

Thanks for stopping by

and

Happy Hunting!

A Toucan in a Boater Hat

As soon as I saw this little fellow on Ebay, I pressed,

"BUY IT NOW" lightning fast.

I figured, better to ask forgiveness than permission.

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When Sam saw it, she understood why I snapped it up.

 She knows I have a deep love of the Enchanted 

Tiki Room at Disneyland.

Plus at $19.95 it wasn't a bad price.

the $12.00 shipping and 

$1.67 tax did drive up the total a bit.

What's strange is, I can't find out anything 

about this little chapeaued bird, it was listed on ebay

as the famous Guinness Beer toucan.

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I knew it wasn't from Guinness, But that

didn't matter, I liked it too much for its 

Tiki Room Appeal to pass it up.

No markings on the bottom!

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The Guinness toucan always

has a certain shape and style to it and

almost always has a glass of Guinness Beer

on its beak.

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Some time ago (2001?) a series of Royal Dalton 

Guinness toucan figurines

where released in different costumes.

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Here's a close up of the boater hatted toucan 

that I feel mine was mistaken for.

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Similar look but definitely a completely

different bird.  

A Google image search has uncovered

another series of 1980's toucan items

from Quon Quon Japan Ceramics.

This rotating music box is so similar I thought 

my search was over till a click revealed it was

  sans hat, plus, mine has more expressive eyes.

Could mine be a piece of a music box?

Quon Quon toucan music box

Quon Quon toucan S&P Shaker

Quon Quon toucan mug

Quon Quon toucan book ends

Quon Quon toucan ash tray

Quon Quon toucan pitcher

The beak color is so similar I can see why

Google thinks it is the same bird.

As soon as he arrived, he became my small barker bird

on my tiki mug shelf over my back door 

in our Enchanted Tiki BED Room

He's in good company up there.

I've got a small tropical vignette with a 

Raymond Waites "Safari" Monkey Pitcher,

next to Bombay Company Blue and White porcelain pieces. 

Here's the Orange Bird!  He's a vintage bank.

At the other side of the shelf, 

we find a Fitz & Floyd toucan with a few Disney tiki mugs.

On the wall shelf across the room,

we find another toucan form Lenox

and a Raymond Waites "Empire" plate.

Over the armoire I have a print of 

"Red Breasted Toucans" by John Gould 

and a Disneyland 50th Anniversary Juan the Barker Bird

replica by Kevin Kidney & Jody Daily!

By the door, we find the Dale Tiffany "Three Parrots" 

Toucan stained glass lamp.

Needles to say, we love toucans

and I like animals wearing boater hats.

I just wish I knew anything 

about my new toucan.

If you know, feel free to leave a comment.

Thanks for stopping by

and happy hunting!