Napco Era: Pixies and Keikis

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Sometime between 1956 and 1958 Millesan Drews partnered with National Pottery Company (Napco) to produce her Pixies and Keiki figurines.

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Napco was a Cleveland company that imported ceramic pieces from Japan. These Pixies are nearly identical to the Hagen-Renaker versions, but I have noticed a few areas of diminished quality. I have some with excess glue where the upper half meets with the bottom and some sloppy attachments where the bisque area is showing. 

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​After the Napco Drews Pixies and Keikis, Drews focused on teaching flower arranging, painting, and pursuing more metaphysical subjects. She had a lifelong curiosity about subjects like astrology, rune stones, and astral projection and travel.