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Originally a part of the N. Shure Company, a wholesale catalog company, Enesco was established in 1958 as a small import division. When N. Shure was sold shortly thereafter, the division reorganized as a separate company and began marketing a line of imported giftware. It created its name from the phonetic spelling of its parent company's initials N.S Co.: Eugene Freedman was a driving force behind the company since its inception in 1958. He begain his career in 1947 as a salesman for a Milwaukee-based gift and novelty company. He went on to found a gift manufacturing company that  made injection molded plastics and decorative figures.  In 1958, he sold that business to his partner in order to join Enesco with responsibilities for both sales and overseas product development. Freedman held a variety of management positions prior to being named President and CEO in 1967.  He still retains that position with Enesco today.  Since the mermaid craze was in the 40's/50's, and Enesco was founded in 1958, that's probably why we don't see many vintage nautical creatures produced by Enesco.

The Enesco seahorses were  real thin, delicate and flowing.  They were very 3D and seemed to come right off the wall at you.  Most seahorse sets are flat to the wall so you only see one eye, the Enesco sets come off the wall from the neck up and you see their entire face.  The colors were very vibrant.  The left blue set and the middle set are the original Enesco seahorse sets. 

The set on the right is my reproduction of this set made from a vintage mold similar to the Enesco set.  If you are interested in having me make you a set in your color choices, just click on the picture.