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Title: Whitefriars Duck - silver or pewter? Help please :-)
Post by: Pip on January 14, 2008, 05:59:58 PM
Hi all, hubby bought this Whitefriars dilly duck but it's one of those pale colours that's really hard to work out.  I think it's probably either silver or pewter - the photo is a very good representation of the colour - whaddya reckon? TIA
Title: Re: Whitefriars Duck - silver or pewter? Help please :-)
Post by: carolglass on January 14, 2008, 06:14:22 PM
my vote is for pewter-both whitefriars sites have colour charts, they might be worth a look. regards Carol
Title: Re: Whitefriars Duck - silver or pewter? Help please :-)
Post by: Pip on January 14, 2008, 06:18:26 PM
Thanks for your reply Carol - I've been studying all the colour charts for a week or so now and my eyes have gone funny from trying to work it out!
Title: Re: Whitefriars Duck - silver or pewter? Help please :-)
Post by: Pip on January 14, 2008, 06:38:46 PM
Right, I may have answered my own question here but I'd appreciate Emmi or one of the other WF enthusiasts to confirm this to me if possible, but I don't think Whitefriars made ANY ducks in pewter, so I'm leaning towards silver again (it's definitely not any of the pale blues, or twilight or ocean green).
Title: Re: Whitefriars Duck - silver or pewter? Help please :-)
Post by: Sue C on January 14, 2008, 06:42:19 PM
Hi Pip, i had the same peoblem with mine, nightmare isnt it, but you could be right with Silver.
Title: Re: Whitefriars Duck - silver or pewter? Help please :-)
Post by: vidrioguapo on January 14, 2008, 07:04:11 PM
They were not made in Pewter, so Silver it is!  Lucky you  BTW, is it going on ebay?  Emmi
Title: Re: Whitefriars Duck - silver or pewter? Help please :-)
Post by: Pip on January 14, 2008, 07:07:40 PM
oooooh great!  Thanks ever so Emmi and Sue ;D  I'm undecided really about what to do with it - I'll probably sling it on eBay (only because I'm unsure what price I'd ask for it on my site - silver ducks are quite rare aren't they?)
Title: Re: Whitefriars Duck - silver or pewter? Help please :-)
Post by: josordoni on January 15, 2008, 09:24:55 AM
oooooh great!  Thanks ever so Emmi and Sue ;D  I'm undecided really about what to do with it - I'll probably sling it on eBay (only because I'm unsure what price I'd ask for it on my site - silver ducks are quite rare aren't they?)

WF Ducks all seem to do well on ebay Pip - only the red ones make sort of ordinary money, but the other colours seem very popular.
Title: Re: Whitefriars Duck - silver or pewter? Help please :-)
Post by: Pip on January 15, 2008, 09:42:11 AM
Yes, cheers for that Lynne however Silver was only in production for a couple of years in the early 1970s so is much harder to find than most of the other colours (apart from Sky Blue).
Title: Re: Whitefriars Duck - silver or pewter? Help please :-)
Post by: josordoni on January 15, 2008, 09:47:56 AM
well, of course, if you had a sky blue one, you would be well on your way in the Modern House fund.... ;D ;D
Title: Re: Whitefriars Duck - silver or pewter? Help please :-)
Post by: Patrick on January 15, 2008, 10:55:48 PM
Hi, Then of course we must not forget Nic's find from a jumble sale..........   TANGERINE  :hiclp:
 You can't get any rarer than that.

       Patrick.
Title: Re: Whitefriars Duck - silver or pewter? Help please :-)
Post by: Pip on January 16, 2008, 01:22:46 PM
Well done Nic (although I'm not trying to start a rarity competition - I just wanted some info on silver ducks!)
Title: Re: Whitefriars Duck - silver or pewter? Help please :-)
Post by: josordoni on January 16, 2008, 01:28:20 PM
Oh go on... start a nice "my one is bigger than yours" session....:chky:
Title: Re: Whitefriars Duck - silver or pewter? Help please :-)
Post by: Pip on January 16, 2008, 02:21:20 PM
LOL - no!
Title: Re: Whitefriars Duck - silver or pewter? Help please :-)
Post by: Patrick on January 18, 2008, 01:07:01 PM
Hi, Here we go with ' Mine is bigger than yours '
 The large duck is 7 5/8" high and is the father of a family of ducks made by Ronnie Wilkinson. I do know of a monster 8 1/2" version in TANGERINE.
 The baby duck is 2 3/4" and has no bubbles.
 Photobucket link http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o72/bargiepat/Largeandsmall758234.jpg

Regards Patrick
Title: Re: Whitefriars Duck - silver or pewter? Help please :-)
Post by: josordoni on January 18, 2008, 01:09:25 PM
Yup, no doubt at all.... your's is bigger than mine... >:D
Title: Re: Whitefriars Duck - silver or pewter? Help please :-)
Post by: Pip on January 19, 2008, 01:35:26 AM
Hi, Here we go with ' Mine is bigger than yours '
 The large duck is 7 5/8" high and is the father of a family of ducks made by Ronnie Wilkinson. I do know of a monster 8 1/2" version in TANGERINE.
 The baby duck is 2 3/4" and has no bubbles.
 Photobucket link http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o72/bargiepat/Largeandsmall758234.jpg

Regards Patrick

yeah, interesting and obviously yours are bigger and better, however, what can you tell me about silver ducks?
Title: Re: Whitefriars Duck - silver or pewter? Help please :-)
Post by: johnphilip on January 19, 2008, 12:53:38 PM
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