American Girl ~ Samantha Party Treats

 Early American Girl items are very detailed.  A lot of early items have no gold foil tag or markings to indicate that they are American Girl.

American Girl Samantha Party Treats has many items that are hard to find and identify.  Party Treat comes with a platter with a paper doily, 2 fans, 4 petit fours with candles, 2 ice cream bombs, 2 nosegays, and an acrylic holder.

The platter is white with gold trim. It is marked.

The paper doily is the size of the platter. It has no marks.

The fans are in off-white and they have no marks. And there is a generic one in white, it is not American Girl.

The petit fours come with wholes for the candles and come in yellow, pink, orange, and green.  Note I have seen a photo that the later Party Treat had 6 petit fours.

The candles have roses on the base; the roses come in pink & red. The candles have no marks.

The ice cream bombs are white with a red top and a cherry. The nosegays are pink roses with a paper doily.

The acrylic holder is clear and has no marks. There are two styles of holders.

Sear Barbie tea set

Mattel came out with a Barbie Tea Set.  There have been many changes and new add-on items.  In the beginning, the color was shown as white and purple and at the end, it was white and pink.

In 1961 the white plates have Barbie in Solo in the Spotlight, Sweater Girl, and a blue dress with a hat.  The saucer comes the Barbie ponytail head.  Comes with 4 plates, 4 saucers, 4 goblets, 4 cups, 4 soup bowls, 4 knives, 4 spoons, 4 forks, and 4 paper napkins.  It also has a teapot, creamer, sugar, tureen with lid, and ladle. It is a white and purple set.  

In 1962 the Tea Set is the same as last year.  Comes with 4 plates, 4 saucers, 4 goblets, 4 cups, 4 soup bowls, 4 knives, 4 spoons, 4 forks, and 4 paper napkins.  It also has a teapot, creamer, sugar, tureen with lid, and ladle.  Plate have Barbie in Winter Holiday, Ballerina, Enchanted Evening and Solo in the Spotlight, and Friday Nite Date.  The saucer has a Bubble Cut Barbie head on it.  

New this year is a Barbie Cultery Set.  Comes with a chest that holds 6 knives, 6 forks, 6 spoons, 6 soup spoons, a salad fork and spoon, ladle, butter & cake knives, and 2 candle holders.  A cardboard chest that looks like wood.  This set is in gold plastic color.

In 1963 they did the same set.  They changed it from a 4 place set to a 6 place setting.  This set and a new add piece of salt and pepper.    It has a new style in goblets this year. There is an extra Enchanted Evening and Ballerina plate.  The catalog pages have it as white and pink but is it.

In 1963 they did the Cutlery set.  Comes with a chest that holds 6 knives, 6 forks, 6 spoons, 6 soup spoons, a salad fork and spoon, ladle, butter & cake knives, and 2 candle holders.

The 1964 set is Barbie again.  It has 62 pieces.  

In 1965 the set changed from Barbie to Skipper.  It was the same set.  A 62 piece tea set.  This is the last year Sear did a Barbie or Skipper tea set.