decidedly disney: TRÈS BON

Wednesday, 13 April 2011

TRÈS BON

OK, some of the images are a bit off model-sheet (and Thumper seems to have got rid of his grey hairs!) but wouldn't it have been fun as a kid, back in the 'fifties, to have had a TV dinner off this jolly Disney tray?

Manufactured in Britain in tinplate metal by Worcester Ware, the tray measures 31.5cm x 41cm (12.5" x 16.25"). From the prominence of Peter Pan and the presence of both Cinderella and Alice, I would guess that this was produced in 1953.

7 comments:

Matt said...: I've always loved this tray. I have a couple of Alice-specific trays that I will be posting shortly , I believe they are from the same manufacturer; 14 April 2011 at 16:48
Andy Latham said...: Never mind being a kid, I'd like to sit down with one now!! :P; 14 April 2011 at 17:42
Steven Hartley said...: Peter Pan is a fun Disney feature - it's also a gem. The Woolie Reitherman Captain Hook and Crocodile spree animation is probably just the best part! I quite like the Flight to London sequence, and especially Ollie Johnston's Mr. Smee.

I believe the picture of the mermaids in the dish was animated by Fred Moore and his last work before he fatally passed away in a car crash.; 14 April 2011 at 22:11
Brian Sibley said...: Matt – Do you agree with my dating?

Andy – Right! And I do!! :)

Steven – The mermaids were, of course, the natural choice of characters for Freddy Moore!; 15 April 2011 at 00:11
Steven Hartley said...: I also read on a website called "Alberto's page" and it says that Fred Moore also animated some of Mr. Smee - of course - the footage may be low for the mermaids. When the draft gets posted sooner of later - that's when the real evidence comes!; 15 April 2011 at 11:30
Wobble The Witch Cat said...: It's strange isn't it how each decades' versions of famous Disney characters vary tremendously from deade to decade!

Some of the recent versions of Snow White are ghastly in my opinion!; 7 May 2011 at 08:49
Brian Sibley said...: Wobble – I agree. The modern Snows are way too adolescent. What's more, if I was an Evil Queen with a stepdaughter as sexy as most of them now look, I wouldn't need a Magic Mirror to tell me who was the Fairest in the Land!!

Mind you, this one makes the Wicked Witch look like (to mix fairy-tales) Glinda the Good!!; 7 May 2011 at 11:07