AUTUMN HARVEST MUSIC BOX
93/100 Autumn Harvest Music Box
Giftware Line
Original selling price: $40.00
Introduced: September 1999
Issued: 1999
Retired: 2001
Autumn Harvest Music Box is the first of the new Giftware Line debuted at
Rosemont In 1999. The giftware line is not considered part of Charming
Tails. The middle of the music
box spins and plays, "Getting To Know You". The photo shown
in the giftware catalog has the photo negative reversed.
The box label calls this piece "Leaf and Acorn Music Box." There are several differences between the picture on the box and the piece itself. The butterfly is different, there is no snail on the piece, and the leaf by the bumble bee is different.
Rona received this information on Autumn Harvest Musical while attending the Rosemont show. The original artwork showed Maxine sitting and looking up, and Mackenzie floating down on the piece using a leaf for a parachute. Unfortunately, word came back from the sculptor that there was no way to support Mackenzie up in the air. Another follow-up sketch was sent and the piece was changed.
The floating mouse was removed, and an adorable little bird was added sitting on the piece with a leaf lying on its back. In the finished piece the leaf didn't look right and it was removed for the final piece. The base was also redesigned to be made more elaborate. The prototype with the leaf on the bird was on display during the Rosemont show.
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