Whimsies

Alsatian
This Alsatian is from the first Whimsie collection 1957-1961 and is from set 7 ‘Pedigree Dogs.’ Looking online, a mint condition one can go for around £10 on auction sites.

Alsatian – Whoppa
This is the large Alsatian dog and in mint condition, is worth around £20. Sadly, this one has a chip on the nose so is probably only about £3.00.

Angel Fish
According to some auction sites, this angel fish is from Set 9 ‘Sea Creatures’ and dates to around 1978. It has little worth and would sell for between £1 and £3.

Ape
This Wade ape is from set 1 of the 1998 collection. It’s seen on eBay at £7.99.

Armadillo
From around 1984/85, this is an armadillo and is worth around £3.00.

Baby Otter
This rare otter comes from the Whimsies-land British Wildlife series produced in 1987. It shows as worth £25.00 online.

Baby Seal
From the first series of Wade Whimsies, set 6 of ‘Polar Animals,’ and dates back to 1956-1961, this has been sold on an auction site £14.50.

Badger
This is the badger from Wade Whimsies Hedgerow Crackers and features in the British Wildlife Animal collection. It dates around 1980 and is worth £3.00-5.00.

Ballerina
From a 1995 collection called Bear Ambitions, this is Beatrice Ballerina. It’s been seen as valued around £5.00.

Bambi Baby Deer
Dated around mid 1970s, this is a baby deer also known as Bambi from the Walt Disney animated movie. It’s worth around £5.00.

Barn Owl
This is the barn owl and is from the English Whimsies between 1971-1984 and is valued around £5.00.

Bear Circus
This is one of the many circus animals that were featured inside of crackers in the 1970s. It’s been seen on eBay for as much as £13.39, but realistically is probably worth around £6.00-8.00.

Bear Cub
This is the Wad bear cub (though I always thought it was a kitten). It is from the Red Rose Tea collection of wildlife animals and is worth around £2.50.

Beaver
This is the beaver from 1972. It’s worth around £3.00.

Billy Goat
I can’t currently find any information or another photo online of this goat. But it is a Wade Whimsie.

Bird Bath
This is the traditional blue bird mounted on a trinket dish. It’s been seen on eBay for £7.50.

Black Cocker Spaniel
This black Cocker Spaniel is from Wade’s Tom Smith & Co Ltd.’s ‘World Of Dogs’ series and dates around 1990-1991. It’s been seen on eBay for as much £19.18.

Blue Seal
Here’s a blue seal, also known as sea lion, and dates around the mid 1980s. It’s approximately worth £3.95.

Blue Whale
This is another in the series of Tom Smith’s party crackers. This is the blue whale and featured in the Survival set. It’s only worth around £1.50.

Bluebird
This is the bluebird and comes from Wade’s English series, set 11 and is from between 1979 and 1984. It’s worth around £3.00.

Bronti Flintstone
From the original cartoon series of The Flintstones, this is ‘Bronti’ the dinosaur. It dates around 1965 and is worth approximately £6.00.

Buffalo
This is the buffalo, but also known as the bison from Wade Whimsies. It is from the Red Rose Tea collection and is worth about £2.00.

Bull
This Wade Whimsie is the bull from the Farmyard series and dates around 1982-1983. Its value is around £4.00.

Bulldog
This beige bulldog comes from the World of Dogs set produced by Wade for Tom Smith’s party crackers during the period 1990-1991. It’s worth around £4.00.

Butterfly
Awaiting information

Camel
The camel – another from the Red Rose Tea Party Crackers series and worth around £5.50.

Cat and the Fiddle
Wade’s Cat And The Fiddle Whimsie is from the Red Rose Tea Party Crackers series and dates between 1972-1979. It’s worth around £5.90.

Cat in a Basket
The Wade Cat in a basket is around £9.00 in value.

Cat Minikins
Minikins were introduced as a low-cost follow-up to the highly successful 1st Series of Whimsies that were being sold at the time. They were sold for only one shilling each, and Wade had made over 1 million of them by the time Series C was put on the market in 1957. They were produced during the period 1955‑1959 in 3 Sets (of 4 figurines each) referred to as A B and C with many applied decorations & colour combinations, which resulted in well over 100 different variations that can be found. This is the cat from 1956/56 and is on auction at an American site for 34 dollars, which is £22.48.

Cat
Wade Whimsie cat from 1977. It’s worth about £4.00.

Chimpanzee
The chimpanzee Whimsie is dated 1973 and is only worth around £2.00.

Cockatiel
This is a cockatiel… the blue/grey version. It’s selling on eBay for about £4.00.

Cocker Spaniel
This Cocker Spaniel Whimsie is part of the Red Rose Tea party crackers and is dated between 1971-1974. It’s worth around £6.40.

Also referred to as a rooster, this Wade Whimsie Cockerel is from the Farmland series, dated 1985. It’s been seen online for as much as £12.00.

Collie
The Wade Whimsie Collie comes from set 6 of the English Whimsies series, dating between 1975-1984. It’s only worth around £2.50.

Corgi
The Wade Whimsie Corgi is from set 2 of the English Whimsies, dating between 1972-1984. It’s only worth around £2.50.

The Corner Shop from UK’s biggest soap Coronation Street, made as a Wade figurine between 1998-1999 and is selling for as much as £25 on auction sites online.

Cougar
This is the cougar from set 9 of the North American Animals set, dated 1958-1961. It’s showing online as worth £17.50.

Crab
This cute little red crab was bought for me by my sister Amanda, along with the large Red Setter, the butterfly and the sleeping mouse. Ain’t that nice of her? The crab is selling on eBay for around £3.00.

Crocodile
The crocodile, also known as the alligator, is from 1967. It’s been seen on eBay for £2.99.

Dairy Cow
This is the cow, that I’ve named the dairy cow, and it was from set 6 of the English Whimsies and dated 1975-1984. It’s worth around £2.50.

Deer and Cut Out Dish
This is a Wade deer with cut out log that could be an ashtray or trinket or dish. It’s been seen on eBay for around £8.00.

Dino Flintstone
This dinosaur, called ‘Dino’ was featured in the US comedy cartoon The Flintstones. Wade featured this Whimsie in their Flintstones Party Crackers dated 1965 as well as Animal Party Crackers dated sometime around the late 1960s. On internet auction sites, it’s priced around £19-20.

Dolphin
The dolphin from Wade was featured in the Wildlife series of Party Crackers from Tom Smith. It’s dated 1986-1987. It’s valued around £3.00 but have seen go for £10.24 on another auction website.

Donkey
Wade’s donkey comes from set 8 of the English Whimsies series, dated between 1977 and 1984. It’s worth around £5.00.

Dr Foster
There were two colours of Dr. Foster’s Wade Whimsie. This is one is of the lesser value and is around £5.75. It was featured in the Tom Smith ‘Tales From The Nursery’ party crackers series.

Duck on Water
I called this Whimsie ‘duck on water’ but it’s also referred to as a swimming duck. This was from the Farmyard set produced for Tom Smith’s Party Crackers between 1982-1983.

Duck
The traditional duck from Wade was featured in set 2 of the English Whimsies between the period of 1971 and 1984. It’s valued at around £2.50.

Eagle
Wade eagle is from the Birdlife series and dated between 1992-1993. It’s valued around £4.00.

Elephant (C

Elephant
Wade elephant is from set 4 of the English Whimsies series during 1973-1984. It’s worth about £4.00.

Field Mouse
The Wade field mouse is from set 5 of the English Whimsies from the period between 1974 and 1984. It’s worth around £2.50.

Fish but unsure
I can’t find any information online about this Whimsie, and I’m not even sure it is an actual Wade Whimsie now.

Fox
This fox comes from set 2 of the English Whimsies and dates between 1972-1984. It’s only worth about £2.50.

Fox
This fox from Wade was in British Wildlife series from 1980-1981. It’s worth about £3.00.

Frog
The Wade frog comes from the Canadian Red Rose Tea and made for party crackers between 1967-1973. It’s valued at about £3.50.

German Shepherd
This German Shepherd, also referred to as Alsatian, was from the Red Rose Tea collection for party crackers. It’s valued around £2.50.

Gingerbread Man
The Wade gingerbread man is from set 2 of the Nursery Rhyme whimsies from 2001. It’s on auction websites at around £7.50.

Giraffe
This is the standing giraffe from Wade and featured from the Whimsies-land of the Wildlife series in 1984. It’s valued at around £12.00.

Giraffe seated
The seated giraffe is from set 4 of the English Whimsies series from between 1973-1984. It’s only worth around £2.50.

Goose
The goose from Wade is from the Farmyard set for Tom Smith’s Party Crackers during 1982-1983. It’s worth around £3.00.

This is the grizzly bear from 1958-1961 and comes from set 9 of the North American Animals of the first series. It’s seen online as valued at £17.50.

Grizzly Cub
This Whimsie is the grizzly cub and comes from set 9 of a 1958 collection. In mint condition, it’s worth around £15.00.

Grouse
The Wade grouse is valued around £2.00.

Guinea Pig
According to the results of a search on the internet, this is a guinea pig. It’s selling on eBay for around £6.00.

Hamster
I can’t find any information online about this Whimsie that I’ve decided is a hamster until I’m told otherwise.

Hare golden
This Wade hare Whimsie, golden, was from the British Wildlife series produced for Tom Smith’s party crackers during 1980-1981. It’s valued around £3.00.

Hare light
This light coloured Wade hare was seen on etsy.com for £6.00.

Hare white
This white coloured version of the Wade hare comes from a series called Snowlife Animals from 1992-1996. It’s valued at around £3.00.

Hedgehog
The classic Wade hedgehog comes from set 5 of the English Whimsies dating between 1974-1984 but only valued at £2.75.

Hickory Dickory Dock
Dated between 1994-1997, this Wade whimsie refrred to as ‘Hickory Dickory Dock’ is from the Tales of the Nursery series and worth around £4.00.

Hippopotamus
This Wade whimsie is from set 3 of the English Whimsies and was produced between 1972-1984. It’s only worth is £2.50

Horse Circus
Wade Circus Horse – from the circus animals series and sells for around £4.00.

Horse
The Wade horse whimsie from the second series dated between 1971-1984. It’s valued at around £5.00

House That Jack Built
From the Red Rose Tea series, this is That House Jack Built whimsie. It’s valued at around £2.50.

Human Cannon
From the Red Rose Tea series, this is Wade’s Human Cannon and is worth about £2.50.

Humpty Dumpty On The Wall
One of the Nursery Rhyme Wade whimsies… this is the smaller standard size and is valued around £3.00.

Humpty Dumpty
This is the larger size version of Humpty Dumpty by Wade and is worth about £6.00.

Jack
From the Nursery Rhyme and Fairy Tale series dated 1971-1979, this Jack of Jack and Jill. It’s worth around £4.00.

Jill
From the Nursery Rhyme and Fairy Tales series dated 1971-1979, this is Jill of Jack and Jill. It’s worth around £4.00.

Kangeroo
Wade Kangaroo from the Safari Park series – worth around £6.00.

Kitten blue/grey
This kitten is a black colourway of the model from the Family Pets Series produced in 1988-1989. It is part of a limited edition of 1,200 commissioned for the 2000 Pennsylvania Wade Fest. The whimsie measures 1 inch in height, and comes in excellent condition with no chips, cracks or restoration. It’s worth about £8.50.

Kitten with a ball of cotton two-tone
Here’s one of three of the kitten with ball of cotton – this one is two-tone. This kitten comes from Set 1 of the English Whimsies series produced during the period 1971-1984. It’s only worth around £2.50.

Kitten with a ball of cotton golden
Here’s one of three of the kitten with ball of cotton – this one is golden. This kitten comes from Set 1 of the English Whimsies series produced during the period 1971-1984. It’s only worth around £2.50.

Kitten with a ball of cotton
Here’s one of three of the kitten with ball of cotton. This kitten comes from Set 1 of the English Whimsies series produced during the period 1971-1984. It’s only worth around £2.50.

Koala Bear dark
From Tom Smith’s Safari Park Party Crackers series, this is a rare koala bear with its dark colours and has been online for £10.00.

Koala Bear light
This koala bear is from set 10 of the English Whimsies and dates to around 1979-1984. It’s worth about £7.50.

Kodiak Bear large
This Kodiak bear has been seen in two sizes. This is the larger size and dates back to as far as the 1950’s. In mint condition it’s worth an impressive £31.00 but mine has a small chip in the base so maybe it’s not worth as much.

Labrador
Not a lot of information online about this dog from Wade. I believe it to be a Labrador and probably worth around £3.00.

Lady
Lady from the animated movie Lady and the Tramp. Large than the standard whimsie, this has been on ebay for £9.99

Lamb
From set 6 of the English Whimsies and dated around 1975-1984, this Wade whimsie is valued at around £2.50.

Lemur
The Wade Whimsie Lemur… valued at around £3.00.

Leopard
This Wade whimsie leopard is from set 7 of the English Whimsies series and dates from 1976-1984. It’s worth around £2.50.

Leprechaun
Leprechaun from Wade, also referred to as Leprechaun Crock of Gold, has been seen on ebay for £9.98.

Lion Circus
The lion from Wade’s Circus Animals series for party crackers is valued at around £4.00.

Lion Cub
This cub comes from set 8 of the Zoo animals series from 1957-1961. In mint condition would see for £14.50.

Lion with Mane
This version of the lion with mane from Wade was from the Red Rose Tea Collection of Wildlife Animals and is worth around £4.00.

Lion seated
This seated lion is from the Safari Park series of Wade whimsies and dates to around 1976. It’s worth around £5.00

Little Bo Beep
Little Bo Peep is from the Nursery Rhyme collection or Tales from the Nursery series 1971-1979 and is worth around £5.00.

Little Boy Blue
Little Boy Blue is from the Nursery Rhyme collection or Tales from the Nursery series 1971-1979 and is worth around £5.00.

Little Jack Horner
Little Jack Horner is from the Nursery Rhyme collection or Tales from the Nursery series 1971-1979 and is worth around £5.00.

Little Miss Muffet
Little Miss Muffet is from the Nursery Rhyme collection or Tales from the Nursery series 2001 and is worth around £5.00.

Log Cut Out
There’s not a lot of informatino about this cut out log on the internet other than some call it a vase or trinket tray. It’s only worth around £3.00.

Monkey Circus
From the Circus Animals series for Tom Smith’s Party Crackers from the mid 70’s, this Wade Whimsie is worth around £13.00 for some reason.

Mouse golden
From set 8 of the English Whimsies, 1977, this Wade whimsie is the mouse and worth around £6.99.

Mouse
From set 8 of the English Whimsies, 1977, this Wade whimsie is the mouse and worth around £6.99.

Mouse Sleeping
A rare white mouse sleeping. Bought for me by my sister Amanda, along with the red crab, the butterfly and the large Red Setter. This sleeping mouse is selling for around £8-10.00 on eBay.

Mr Chuckle Bean
From 2002, Cadbury’s Mr Chuckle Bean (with green feet) is a Wade whimsie and on ebay at around £10.87.

Lady Who Lived In A Shoe dark
From Wade’s Canadian Red Rose Tea collection, this is dated between 1971-1979 and is worth around £5.00.

Lady Who Lived In A Shoe light
From Wade’s Canadian Red Rose Tea collection, this is dated between 1971-1979 and is worth around £5.00.

Old King Cole
From Wade’s Canadian Red Rose Tea collection, series 2, this is dated between 1971-1979 and is worth around £8.00.

Orangutan
From set 10 of the English Whimsies and dated between 1979-1984, this is the orangutan and is only worth around £2.50.

Otter
Another Canadian Red Rose Tea whimsie dated 1967-1973 and worth about £11.00.

Otter
This otter comes from set 3 of the English Whimsies and were made between 1972-1984. It’s worth about £2.50.

Owl
From set 3 of the English Whimsies, dated 1972-1984 this is the owl and is worth around £2.50.

Terriers pair
These two terriers are normally seen and sold with a large seated Cairn terrier and are seen on ebay for around £12.99 for all three… so I assume these two as a pair maybe worth £6.00.

Panda Bear
It’s difficult to find this particular bear but it looks as though it’s part of a three figurine set, one giant panda and two cubs and this is one of the cubs. Either way, I’d date it around 1958-1961 and worth about £4.00 on its own, about £15.00 as a set of three.

Pelican
The Wade pelican comes from set 9 of the English Whimsies and was produced between 1978-1984. It’s worth about £5.00.

Penguin
This is the smaller version of the King Penguin seen online. It also a big chip missing from the base so is probably worthless. I need to replace it… and probably with the King Penguin version.

Penguin
This penguin is from set 12 of the English Whimsies and was produced between 1979-1984. It’s worth about £7.50.

Pied Piper
Wade’s Pied Piper is from Candian’s Red Rose Tea collection for party crackers and dates from 1971-1979. It’s worth about £5.00.

Pig
The pig has been seen online and worth £6.00.

Pine Marten
This whimsie comes from set 5 of the English Whimsies and was produced between 1974-1984. It’s value is about £2.50.

Alsatian on Pipe Rest
Seen online at about £10.00, this is a pipe stand with large Alsatian, also known as a pipe rest.

Platypus
There’s no information on the Wade platypus online. My guess is though, that it would be worth about £2.50

Polar Bear
The small standard size of Wade Whimsie is this polar bear with black nose. It’s worth around £3.25.

Polar Bear Cub
This Wade whimsie polar bear cub is from the 1956 first original series, Set 6 of Polar Animals. It’s worth £15.50 in mint condition but my one has a chip out of one of the front paws so may only be worth £4.00.

Polar Bear large
Sometimes referred to as Whoppa, these are the larger whimsies and this is the Polar Bear. I think it’s worth about £6.00.

Polar Bear white
The white polar bear is from the American series (set 2) from 1985-1994 and is worth about £7.50-8.00.

Polar Bear large
This is a large Wade whimsie of the polar bear, and is from the first series (Set 6 – Polar animals) and produced between 1956-1961. It’s worth about £17.50.

Pony
This rare Wade whimsie pony is from the Whimsie-land series from 1984. In excellent condition it’s worth £10.00.

Poodle Circus
This Wade circus poodle is from the circus Animals and is worth about £13.00.

Poodle
There is little information on the internet about this Wade poodle. I’m guessing it’s worth around £4.00.

Protcertop
Dated around 1993, this rare protceratop is from the dinosaur collection and is worth about £10.00.

Puppy
This puppy Whimsie is worth only about £2.00.

Queen of Hearts
This whimsie was from 1972 and was one of the Nursery Ryhmes collection. It’s worth about £6.00.

Rabbit Hind Legs
This rabbit comes from the Whimsie-land series produced in 1984. It’s worth £12.00.

Rabbit
This rabbit is one of my earlier whimsies that I collected. It’s from the mid seventies and is only worth about £2.00.

Rabbit
This rabbit comes from the Whimsie-land series produced in 1984. It’s worth £10.00.

Ram
There is not a lot of information on the internet about this whimsie. I call it a ram but have seen it referred to as a black sheep too. I think it’s only worth about £2.00.

Red Riding Hood
This whimsie comes from set 1 of the Nursery Whimsies and is from 2001. It is valued at £4.00.

Red Setter large
This is the large Red Setter bought for me by my sister Amanda along with the red crab, butterfly and mouse sleeping. From seeing these for sale on eBay, I estimate that this, as it’s in mint condition, would be aorund £8-10.

Red Squirrel
The red squirrel from Wade’s British Wildlife series from 1980. It’s value is around £3.50.

Retriever
This retriever whimsie comes from set 3 of the English Country Animals series and is rare as it is from the first whimsies produced dating between 1955-1958. For this reason, it’s value is £14.50.

Rhino Flintstone
This is Rhino from the Flintstones and was produced by Wade for a set of party Christmas crackers in 1965. It’s worth about £5.00.

Rhino
The male rhino from the Red Rose Tea Noah’s Ark series. It’s only worth about £2.00.

Rhinoceros
The grey rhino from the Wildlife series was prodcued by Wade for Tom Smith’s party crackers between 196-1987. It’s worth around £3.00.

Ride A Cock Horse
This whimsie comes from the Tales from the Nursery series produced by Wade between 1994-1997. It’s worth about £4.00.

Sabre-toothed Tiger
This sabre toothed tiger is worth about £2.00.

Seal
Unsure from which set, but set 12 and 1980, this is the seal. It’s worth about £4.00.

Seal Circus
This circus seal is from a set of circus animals produced by Wade for party crackers. It’s worth around £12.50.

Sheep
From one of The Red Rose Tea collection, this is sheep whimsie and worth around £3.00.

Shetland Pony
Not sure which set and year this is from but it’s the Shetland Pony and worth around £4.00.

Squirrel
The Wade squirrel – worth about £2.00.

Starfish
This shallow starfish shaped dish was produced by Wade, Ireland during the period of 1973-1984. It’s about £10.00 in value.

Strongman
From the Red Rose Tea Circus Series dating 1994-1999, this strongman whimsie is valued at around £10.00.

Terrine
There seems to be no fixed name for this Wade item so I’ve called it a terrine in green and I’ve another one in white and called that one an urn. They’re valued at around £2.00 each

Three Bears
From the miniature Nurseries series produced by Wade between 1971-1979 for the Canadian Red Rose Tea company. This whimsie is valued at £10.00.

Tiger large
Known as the Wade Whoppa series this is the tiger, produced between 1976-1981 and is valued at £6.50.

Tiger
This tiger comes from set 10 of the English Whimsies produced by Wade between 1979-1984. It’s valued at around £3.50.

Tiger Circus
The circus tiger comes from the Circus series produced by Wade for Tom Smith’s party crackers between 1978-1979. It’s worth about £4.00.

Tortoise
A small tortoise as there are three sizes. Probably valued around £4.00 on its own.

Trout
From set 3 of the 1972 English Whimsies series, this is the trout and it’s worth about £4.00.

Turtle
One of the many turtles from Wade. This one is valued at around £2.00.

Unsure
Awaiting information.

Unsure
Awaiting information.

Urn white
Referred to as a white posey vase, this is one of many colour vases from Wade. It’s been seen on ebay at £1.99.

Viking Ship
The Viking Ship from Wade has been seen on ebay for as much £28 but generally seems to be around £10.00.

Walrus
The walrus from Wade, one of the whimsies from set 6 of the Snow Life Animals and is worth around £4.50.

Weasel This Wade Whimsie weasel is from the British Wildlife series produced between 1980-1981 and valued at around £3.00.

Wild Boar light
The light coloured wild boar is from set 11 of the English Whimsies between 1979-1984 and is valued at about £3.00.

Wild Boar dark
The dark coloured wild boar is from set 11 of the English Whimsies between 1979-1984 and is valued at about £3.00.

Zebra
Wade Whimsie zebra in blue/grey is from set 2 of US Animal series and worth around £3.00.

Zebra
Wade Whimsie zebra is from set 2 of US Animal series and worth around £3.00.