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A small boy holds out an apple for the teacher — one of childhood's most enduring images, captured in hand-painted porcelain with the gentle, round-faced charm that made Joan Walsh Anglund's illustrations beloved for generations.
Maker: Avon Products Inc.
Design: Joan Walsh Anglund
Materials: Porcelain, hand-painted
Dimensions: 3.75" tall x 2.25" diameter (base)
Origin: Unknown
Era: Vintage, 1986
Condition: Excellent — no chips, cracks, or scratches. Please review photos closely before purchasing, as all sales are final.
Stamped on the bottom: "Avon Source of Fine Collectibles, 1986. Joan Walsh Anglund Collection Hand Painted Porcelain."
A lovely gift for a teacher, an Anglund collector, or anyone who treasures the quiet magic of childhood.
Joan Walsh Anglund was born in Hinsdale, Illinois in 1926 and studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the American Academy of Art. Her husband discovered her private writings and encouraged her to illustrate them; her first book, A Friend Is Someone Who Likes You (1958), sold millions of copies, and she went on to publish more than 120 books of poetry and illustration. She is also the true author of the often-misattributed quote "A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song" — a line incorrectly credited to Maya Angelou by President Obama in 2012, and later mistakenly placed on a U.S. Postal Service stamp in 2015. Anglund passed away on March 9, 2021.
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