Vintage TWEETY BIRD MELTED POPCORN PLASTIC WALL DECORATION Glitter Plaques

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Vintage TWEETY BIRD MELTED POPCORN PLASTIC WALL DECORATION Glitter Plaques:
$18.00

Vintage TWEETY BIRD MELTED POPCORN PLASTIC WALL DECORATION Glitter PlaquesVERY NICE CONDITION NO CRACKS SEE LIST FOR MORE THAT I HAVE RUNNING ON LIST AT THIS TIMEMEASURES 21 INCHES TALLgoogle wiki info “Glitter Plaques” by their creator, Kage Company of Manchester, CT.
Made of polyethylene
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Popularly referred to as “melted popcorn” because well, that’s what they look like, these kitschy decorations were really made of polyethylene. The Kage Company was founded by Hyman Gerstein in Manchester, Connecticut in the 1930s and began by making wooden clothes pins and doll furniture. With the advent of electric clothes dryers and plastic doll furniture made more cheaply overseas, Kage turned to manufacturing plastic envelopes like the type that IDs were placed in. Current president William Hayes related the story of the decorations’ origins. Gerstein’s daughter, coming upon a box of colorful plastic chips left for her father by a salesman, assembled the colorful pieces into the shape of a small chicken. Her father placed her creation on a cookie sheet and baked it. He liked it enough to take it into W.T. Grant Co. execs in NYC who promptly ordered 25,000 of them.

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