This is one of the cutest sets Bradley Exclusives made - the 3 sister wall plaques. You often see them sold separately but rarely find them as a set, which is important if you
want a set as they are done differently in differnt batches! Bradley made these girls in wall plaques, figurines and salt/pepper shakers.
They are a ceramic bisque so have a matte finish rather than gloss. Their tailfins range from a light green to a darker green and the figurines were also made in blue. Some
have gold highlighting on them, some do not. Some of them are painted as fine as Norcrest, and then some have paint slopped from the tailfin on the belly or arm of the
mermaid and paint drips on them. They were all hand painted so I guess it depended on who painted them! The mermaids aren't that large, about 4-5", but they make quite
a display because they were made to lay or sit on shells. So you can have them on bubbles, shells, starfish and fish. I had a moon in my bedroom that was just begging to
have some playmates so mine ended up on a moon! Recently there have been a home-made ceramic mold made of these gals and bisque
pieces produced to paint. But the pieces don't look much like the original set and I found them real difficult to paint. However, a number of artists have made silicone
molds of them (myself included) and the chalkware ones produces are real close to the original with that big chubby little face!
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