Trivet, Enesco, Precious Moments, Pink Cast Iron, Happiness Blooms..., Vintage

• Pattern:  Cast Iron Trivet, Precious Moments, Happiness Blooms In The Heart
• Vintage: 1996
• Made in Taiwan
• Details:  What a lovely image on this trivet!  This is a sweet trivet from Enesco's Precious Moments Collection.  The ceramic center has an image of a girl holding a bouquet of flowers and blue bird, she is part of the very easily recognizable Precious Moments "children" who are now embedded in our hearts forever.  It reads, "Happiness Blooms in the Heart".  The pink cast iron is made up of tiny flowers forming a heart shape.  The trivet has rubber feet to protect your surfaces and a ring for hanging as wall decor.  The back is marked 1996, this one retains its original foil sticker showing Made in Taiwan ROC.  Would make a very special gift for a Valentine's Day, Mother's Day or for a Precious Moments collector.
• Materials:  Ceramic
• Dimension:  6.0 inches in Diameter
• Condition:  Vintage - Used.  Very Good Vintage Condition.  There are minor surface scratches as acceptable due to age/use/wear.  Please review all pictures and make sure you love this item before purchasing, we can't accept returns.  Please remember these are ANTIQUE and VINTAGE items, they are NOT new, every effort has been made to show any scratches, wear  and imperfections.   

Sam Butcher demonstrated artistic talent at an early age. Encouraged by his mother, he pursued formal art training right after high school. Later he began drawing the endearing teardrop-eyed children he called "Precious Moments," as gifts for family and friends. Precious Moments was started in the early 1970's when Sam and his friend Bill Biel, decided to start a small company to produce his Precious Moments art under the name "Jonathan & David", originally selling greeting cards and posters. They introduced Precious Moments to the public in 1975. Sam and Bill took their goods to the annual Christian Booksellers Association Convention in Anaheim and retailers went crazy with this new line. Those became very popular and not long after, Enesco approached Sam with an idea to develop a three-dimensional figurine based on his artwork. The original 21 Precious Moments figurines were introduced to the public in 1978 and as they say, the rest is history. There are now over 1,500 pieces of Precious Moments.