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*USPS GROUND ADVANTAGE OR UPS GROUND MAY BE 50% CHEAPER THAN SHOWN HERE - ASK US FIRST, NEED YOUR ZIP CODE! USED2000 Hamm's Beer "Holiday Bear" (Millennium Year) 13" Porcelain Cookie Jar, by Silver State Specialties ( HBCOOK)Packaging Condition: GOOD/GREAT - Comes in original packaging, but NO literature (Unsealed, will be secure); w/inscription on top of outer packaging (see pic)Made in 2000 (Japan); distributed by Silver State Specialties ( HBCP 35)Overall Dimensions: 7.25" (W) x 5.875" (D) x 13" (H)Includes: Hamm's Beer "Holiday Bear (Millennium Year)" porcelain cookie jar base and head lidLimited Edition 401 500Featuring the Hamm's Bear in his holiday outfit with presents around the bottom, and "Merry X'Mas" on front of the package by his feetThe Theodore Hamm's Brewing Company was an American brewing company established in 1865 by German immigrant Theodore Hamm (1825–1903) in Saint Paul, Minnesota; becoming the fifth largest brewery in the United States. Hamm's expanded with additional breweries that were acquired in other cities, including San Francisco, Los Angeles, Houston, and Baltimore. Hamm inherited the Excelsior Brewery from his friend and business associate, A. F. Keller, who had perished in California seeking his fortune in the gold fields. Upon Keller's death, Hamm inherited the small brewery and flour mill in the east side wilderness of Saint Paul, Minnesota. Keller had constructed his brewery in 1860 over artesian wells in a section of the Phalen Creek valley in Saint Paul then known as Swede Hollow. The Hamm's Beer bear (or the Hamm's Bear) was a cartoon mascot used in television production and print advertisements for the beer. The animated character was the first of its kind in the beer industry, and most agree that the character was born in 1952 at Freddie's restaurant in Minneapolis at a meeting with Cleo Hovel, creative director for Campbell Mithun and Howard Swift, an animator who worked for the California TV production company Swift-Chaplin. The Hamm's Bear was featured on an endless array of signs, glassware, and promotional merchandise. Commercials featuring the klutzy cartoon bear with a bewildered but cheerful grin—often pictured in television ads tripping over canoes, logs, or its own feet—were considered an overwhelming success.Minor spot on white belly (see pic)NO cracks, chips, scratches or ON TRANSIT REQUIREDYour shipment will arrive in via USPS Priority Mail (1-4 business days), USPS Ground Advantage (2-5 business days), or UPS Ground (1-6 business days), after the 2-3 day processing time (upon paid sent out of Lemon Grove, California, USANO INTERNATIONAL SHIPPINGWill be packed very well - READ OUR FEEDBACK!No Returns***AN INVOICE WILL BE SENT AFTER PURCHASE, WHICH MAY REFLECT A MORE ACCURATE POSTAGE RATE FOR THIS ITEM - DON'T PASS THIS UP YET!Please visit our Backroad Memories ebay store, or visit www BackroadMemories com for more model collectibles added weekly!PLEASE SHARE OUR STORE WITH EVERYBODY YOU KNOW! (Condition: Pre-Owned)

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