Frosted Glass Figurines

Dutch Disney collector H.P. Hogenboom was given this Dopey frosted glass figurine when he was a child. It stands about 4.13" (105mm) tall and has a "Walt Disney Productions" imprint along the base. Though, not much else was known about the figure.

Back in the 1980s, a series of Snow White and Dwarf frosted glass figurines were manufactured, probably in Italy. But these figures typically came with painted highlights. This Dopey appeared to be unique because it had none.

I found a Snow White piece (5.75" tall) featured in the 2007 Hake's Price Guide to Disney Collectibles. It shows the painted highlights seen in the other figurines in this series.

Not much info is available online about these figures, but recently, I came across this unpainted Snow White on ebay. Looks to be the same mold as the one above but with no highlights. It now seems possible that there were two separate releases of these figurines, painted and unpainted.

Snow image via beemaw.

A couple of the painted dwarfs were found online earlier in the year. Grumpy measures 4.875"" high...

Doc clocks in at about the same height with similar highlights...

Grumpy and Doc images via Mid Century Gallery.

Were all seven of the dwarfs created for this series? Who was the manufacturer? There's still more research to do.