Congratulations

A little planter/pencil holder like this was presented to Mom and Pop around the time of Mike's birth. For years it was a constant presence, either in the kitchen window or or on the mirror shelves over the TV. It reads "Congratulations On Your New Little Tax Exemption." Eventually it was damaged, moved to the garage (I think) and then thrown away.

I find out now that it was produced by 'UCAGCO (Ukaguko) means United China and Glass Company. Its offices were based in New Orleans and New York. Ucagco was primarily a distributor of dinnerware and glassware. They were a large distributor in the US of many (occupied) Japanese china patterns and decorative ware during the early 1950s.' The top scroll was colored blue for a boy or pink for a girl, or simply left unpainted, as ours was.