 |
Precious Moments
Precious Moments was created by artist Sam Butcher who originally
drew the teardrop-eyed children for inspirational greeting
cards. Enesco’s Founding Chairman Eugene Freedman discovered
the cards and convinced Butcher to allow Enesco to develop
porcelain bisque figurines from his artwork.
Freedman then turned the drawings over to Japanese Master Sculptor Yashuei Fujioka who sculpted the first Precious Moments figurine "Love One Another." The original 21 figurines were unveiled to retailers in the fall of 1978 followed by four more figurines in 1979.
To date, more than 1,000 Precious Moments figurines have been created.
|
