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<p>[QUOTE="UncleChuckTX, post: 196156, member: 154"]The Chipman California Pottery Scrapbook shows several of the lucite/pottery figurines, but not this one.</p><p><br /></p><p>It says Elzac was the precursor to the Mattel toy corporation. I know that doesn't really help you any - I just thought it was interesting. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":D" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>From the book:</p><p><br /></p><p>"Elliot Handler and a financial partner named Zachary Zemby (hence the name "Elzac") started in Los Angeles in 1941. In 1944, a new business partnership was formed when Elzac foreman Matt Matson and Elliot Handler founded Mattel in nearby Hawthorne. Handler, who was an industrial designer, was enamored of Lucite and its potential, and Elzac produced costume jewelry, figurines, and other giftware that incorporated Lucite until about 1947."[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="UncleChuckTX, post: 196156, member: 154"]The Chipman California Pottery Scrapbook shows several of the lucite/pottery figurines, but not this one. It says Elzac was the precursor to the Mattel toy corporation. I know that doesn't really help you any - I just thought it was interesting. :D From the book: "Elliot Handler and a financial partner named Zachary Zemby (hence the name "Elzac") started in Los Angeles in 1941. In 1944, a new business partnership was formed when Elzac foreman Matt Matson and Elliot Handler founded Mattel in nearby Hawthorne. Handler, who was an industrial designer, was enamored of Lucite and its potential, and Elzac produced costume jewelry, figurines, and other giftware that incorporated Lucite until about 1947."[/QUOTE]
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