Glossary

Designer's Workshop (DW)- This line contained the largest figurines, with pieces ranging in height from 2" to 12". The line was produced intermittently from 1950 to 1986.

Miniature - The best-known line of figurines, with pieces ranging in size from a diminutive 1/4" to around 3" in height.

Monrovia - The location of the company factory from 1945 through fall of 1965. Pieces manufactured during this era are some of the most elaborately decorated, with many pieces displaying bi- or tri-colored eyes, painted eyelashes and toenails, and outlined noses and mouths. Colors are usually soft, with gentle shading.

Pedigree Dogs - The larger, Designer's Workshop-scaled dogs were usually sold under the name "Pedigree Dogs."

San Dimas - The location of the main company factory since some time before 1966, probably as early as 1962. The Designer's Workshop line pieces were briefly produced from this factory, from 1966 - 1972, and sporadically thereafter.  The DW pieces produced here tend to display brighter colors with more dramatic shading than those produced from Monrovia or San Marcos, and sport simple black eyes.

San Marcos - Hagen-Renaker purchased the former Freeman-McFarlin pottery plant located in San Marcos in 1981 and produced Designer's Workshop pieces there until 1986. These pieces display bi-colored eyes and shades similar to the Monrovia-era pieces, but many of the molds and colors were used only at this factory. Miniatures produced at this location are indistinguishable from their simultaneously manufactured San Dimas counterparts.

Season - A six-month firing season. "Spring" is January - June; "Fall" is July - December. The number of seasons a particular piece was manufactured is usually indicated by a number followed by an "s." I.e., 4s means a piece was made for four seasons, or two years.

Specialty - This line of figurines was introduced in the late 1980's. In size, these pieces usually fall in the 2" - 3" range, larger than the miniatures but smaller than the average Designer's Workshop.

Stoneware - In the late 1980's the company briefly sold pieces with a very flat matte finish under the name "Stoneware." Most of these molds later surfaced in the Specialty and Miniature lines in gloss finish.