Hallmark "Digging In" Spring Ornament, 1997
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Artifact Overview
Hallmark introduced a line of Christmas ornaments in 1973. These ornaments appealed to customers' interest in marking memories, commemorating milestones, and expressing one's personality and unique tastes. This success led the company to produce ornaments for other holidays. Hallmark marketed and sold Easter and springtime ornaments in several series dating back to the 1990s.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Holiday ornament
Date Made
1996
Subject Date
1997
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Designed by LaDene Votruba and sculpted by Ed Seale of Hallmark Cards, Inc. in Kansas City, Missouri. Made in China
Collection Title
Location
at Henry Ford Museum in Miniature Moments: A Journey Through Hallmark Keepsake Ornaments
Object ID
2019.65.5710
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Plastic
Cardboard
Color
Multicolored
Inscriptions
on front of ornament:
ROSEMARY
on back of ornament:
ROSEMARY / 97 / FRAGRANT / ROSEMARY / Symbol of / Remembrance / Grow in a sunny garden or / on a windowsill. Use in your / favorite recipes. And / remember: "A bit of rosemary / in your shoe, and the one you / love will follow you!" / 1997 / (C) 1996 Hallmark Cards, Inc. / ED / LJV
on front of packaging:
KEEPSAKE / ORNAMENT / Digging In
on back of packaging:
Handcrafted - Dated 1997 / 1997 SPRING COLLECTION / Sculpted by Ed Seale / Illustrated by LaDene Votruba / With a trowel and some seeds / and a sunshiny heart, / This gardener's ready / for plumbing to start! / For decorative use only. / Not for young children.
on top of packaging:
Hallmark
on bottom of packaging:
Mfd. for and (C) 1996 Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO 64141 / Made in China QEO8712
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