Vintage 1970's Dogpatch Minature Ceramic Pitcher w/Plate Lil' Abner Daisy Mae Honest Abe

Al Capp 1977

Made in Japan

Pitcher 3 1/2” Tall

Plate 4 1/2” Diameter

Excellent condition. No chips, cracks, crazing, stains or missing graphics. Very unique to find the 2 pieces together!

Li’l Abner was created in 1934 by cartoonist Al Capp. The comic strip abounded in stereotypes of Appalachia. Its title character, Abner Yokum, was a handsome, muscle-bound hillbilly, as lazy as he was dull witted. Like Abner, most of the men of Dogpatch were cast as essentially useless to society; all the real work was done by the “wimmenfolk.” One such woman was the curvaceous and beautiful yet hard-working Daisy Mae Scragg, who was hopelessly in love with Abner and pursued him fruitlessly for years before they finally married in 1952; they produced a child, Honest Abe, in 1953. Another was Abner’s mother, Mammy, the unofficial mayor of Dogpatch, who smoked a corncob pipe and kept the Yokum household running while her lazy, illiterate husband, Pappy, did little more than lie about.