Cat’s Meow Village 1983 Series I pieces

Photo Credit: Hanson Photographic - The Cat's Meow Village, 10 yrs. of building History, by Dee Williams

There were 12 different pieces included in the 1983 Series I (1).

This series did include the trademark Casper the Black Cat, and they were still made with the early production methods that used, real wood, hand-painting, and individually stamped piece info and signature.

The pieces were:

• The Garrison House
• Toy Shop
• Federal House
• Apothercary Shop
• Red Whale Inn
• School
• Florist Shop
• Sweet Shop
• Victorian House
• Bookstore
• Barbershop
• Antique Shop

There are several features of this early series that demonstrate the infancy of the company:

• The painted appearance of the pieces definitely show the primitiveness of the hand-painted designs

Photo credit:Hanson Photographic, Dee Williams – 10 yrs. Building History

• several pieces use the same building and paint design, with only minor detail changes. as above; Bookstore, Barbershop,Garrison House. and Sweet Shop.
• And again below, with the Florist, Apothecary, Antiques, and Toy Shops.

Photo credit:Hanson Photographic, Dee Williams – 10 yrs. Building History

• Also note in the four pieces below, that the Red Whale Inn and the Federal House are also the same basic design, with only minor changes.
• The two unique pieces in this first series were the Victorian House and the School, on the far right.

Photo credit:Hanson Photographic, Dee Williams – 10 yrs. Building History

Note: As told in “The history of CMV”, this first series came about due to the prompting of the two gift shop owners that helped Faline Jones launch the Cat’s Meow Village Collections. You can see the full history story from the tab at the top of this page.

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