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© Glass Animal Covered Dishes by Jennifer Patton Page 6 l.e. SMITH NO. 850 small covered bunny L.E. Smith Company Small Covered Bunny was produced 1982-2007. The mold is original to L.E. Smith, and not a reproduction. Not all 4.5" Smith Bunnies are marked alike. Ruby Carnival are marked SGC. Jadeite are marked 'S'. Pink Milk Glass can be marked 'S' or unmarked. Satins can be marked 'S' or unmarked. All transparent Bunnies are unmarked and have Smith labels in their bases which read HANDMADE L.E. Smith Glass IN THE USA. Bunny is 4 1/2" long. [According to Tom Felt's book, L.E. Smith Glass Company The First One Hundred Years, beginning around 1980, the SGC logo was used on a few L.E. Smith animal covered dishes. This is a block style 'S' with a tiny G and C. SGC was used on items from molds that originally belonged to Imperial Glass or had been leased by it.] ---MY QUESTION: "Why did the Ruby Carnival Smith bunny have the SGC logo? Wouldn't that imply that L.E. Smith Acquired Imperial's #162 Bunny-On-Nest mold? Imperial and Smith Bunnies have too many differences; one is Imperial bunnies have eggs and Smith bunnies have feet. I do not believe that Smith used Imperial's mold."--- Wilkerson Glass Co. of WV acquired the original Imperial Bunny mold. Similar reproduction Bunnies were/are produced in Asia and exported to U.S retailers. Online selling sites are overloaded with Asian bunnies. These are often mislabeled/misidentified as L.E. Smith. QUICK ID TIP: Asian bunnies have boldly clawed feet, bold streaks of fur along their bodies or bold whiskers on their faces. Smith do not. BUT! keep in mind that some Asian Bunnies look more like L.E. Smith than others. The most recent ones to appear online (after 2015) are very convincing. Most Asian bunnies are vividly colored in Pinks, Yellows, Purples, Greens or Blues. Some are bi or tri colored, which L.E. Smith never did. COLORS: 1982-1991 Pink Satin 1983-1991 Light Blue Satin 1985-1987 Ruby Carnival 1999 Green Milk Glass* (Martha by Mail) 1999-2001 White Milk Glass* (Martha by Mail) 2000-2001 Pink Milk Glass* (Martha by Mail) ** See next page 2000-2002 Pink 2000-2002 Lime 2000-2002 Crystal Satin 2000-'02, 2005-'07 Lavender 2000-'02, 2005-'07 Yellow 2000-'02, 2005-'07 Crystal 2000-'02, 2005-'07 Ice Blue 2001 Blue Milk Glass 2005-2007 Bright Green** 2005-2007 Bright Pink** *The production dates of these colors may be different than what I stated on Martha Stewart, Martha by Mail pages. I only listed dates the Bunny appeared in Martha by Mail catalogs.
© Glass Animal Covered Dishes by Jennifer Patton Page 7 l.e. SMITH NO. 850 small covered bunny Ruby Carnival by Lianne McNeil Yellow Eva J. Hargrave Green Milk Glass www.ebay.com/usr/ cvgnusvintage Pink Satin Private Contributor SGC Lianne McNeil Crystal Satin Michael Pazarena Pink Milk Glass Lianne McNeil Pink Satin with SGC Jason Ammons Pink Satin Base Jason Ammons **BRIGHT GREEN/PINK: This shade of Green has been for sale on ebay. It is not the same Green or Pink as older L.E. Smith Bunnies. These are newer, bolder colors. NOTE: This Green is not a Uranium Bunny by Fred Wilkerson because Wilkerson reproduced the Imperial Bunny, not L.E. Smith. These brighter Green and Pink Bunnies have L.E. Smith labels in the bases.
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