Ebony Visions Rite Of Passage by Thomas Blackshear

NOTES: Tootie retired on December 31st 2002 with a final production quantity of 13,500.. Adding her own jubilant sounds to the Blackshear Jamboree, Tootie plays a horn trimmed with gold.

Lenox - Thomas Blackshear's Ebony Vision 'The Nativity Donkey' Limited Edition. In 1995 Thomas Blackshear created Ebony Visions, which has been the number one selling black figurine collectible in the United States for the past twenty years. This is a limited edition and no longer produced by Lenox.

NOTES: The Holy Family is the first in a five part series of The Nativity...... All pieces in the Nativity series will be available for purchase through 2012, however the Holy Family figurine will only have the Special Stamp and Certificate during the 2008 production year. All Holy Family figures purchased after the 2008 production year will state Members Edition as in previous years.The following 4 years will include the Angel Figurine with Stable setting in 2009 and The Wise Men in 2010 and 2011. Completeing the series in 2012 will be The Shepherds.

There's nothing so satisfying to a little boy than springing a shocking surprise on an unsuspecting companion. In this classic encounter, Blackshear reminds us of a carefree childhood full of delightful possibilities and surprises. - 37087A NOTES: The delightfully animated Surprise! Edition Retired December 2004 with 9,916 pieces. These,two children with their leaping frog introduced in June 2001 have become one of the most popular children's scenes in the collection