Hagen Renaker Stickers and other Markings


This page is meant to show the wide variety of stickers and markings that Hagen Renaker used. Hopefully it will give you a general guideline of when specific stickers or marks were used. This will help you date when your pieces were made. Also, it is pretty common to find 2 stickers on one piece, or to find the wrong name sticker on a piece. Some people feel stickers are unimportant, but I think they are very important and tell us a lot. Unfortunately, some people will remove a sticker from one piece and put it on another, which causes confusion. Hagen Renaker discontinued all stickers in 2007 in a cost cutting measure.

Many thanks to Nancy Falzone for all her help with this page and my entire website


Hagen Renaker Stickers







Stickers used in Monrovia only




Hagen Renaker Designers Workshop Sticker

Used exclusively on DW pieces from 1953 to 1956
You probably don't recognize the name Windy as anything produced by Hagen Renaker
Windy was quickly renamed Maydee



Hagen Renaker Black and Gold Dated Name Sticker

Used on DW pieces from 1953 to 1956



Unusual Hagen Renaker Black and Gold Dated Name Sticker

This one never had a name imprinted



Hagen Renaker Blue and Silver Monrovia Sticker

Used on DW pieces from 1957 to 1964



Hagen Renaker Football Sticker

Used on DW pieces from 1959 to 1963



Hagen Renaker Black and Gold Small Breed Sticker

Used on DW pieces from 1956 to 1958
Used on only a few horses, Lipizann, Appaloosa and Hackney Pony
This sticker gives the breed of the animal instead of his name
Also used on other DW animals, such as Grizzly, Longhorn Mountain Lion, etc.
Lipizzan is mispelled on this sticker





Hagen Renaker Large Black and Gold Breed Sticker

Used on the Lipizzaner and Hackney Pony from 1956 to 1958
Affixed underneath the base
Since only 2 stickers were made, I am picturing both
Lipizzan is mispelled on this sticker, and strangely so is Hagen Renaker.



Hagen Renaker Millesan Drews Pixie Sticker

Used in the mid 50's



Hagen Renaker Small Disney Sticker

Used from 1955 to 1961 on large and mini Disney pieces



Hagen Renaker Small Disney Sticker

This glossy version has bolder print
Used from 1955 to 1961 on large and mini Disney pieces



Hagen Renaker Disney Name Sticker

Used fall of 1956 and spring of 1957



Hagen Renaker Disney Bank Sticker

Affixed to the bottom of Disney Banks to hold the money in place
Hard to find because you had to remove the sticker to empty the bank
Used in the fall of 1956



Hagen Renaker Black Bisque Sticker

Used in 1959
Hard to find with the price part of the sticker still affixed



Hagen Renaker Little Horribles Sticker

Used on the Little Horribles Cave and also on the Little Horribles Boxes
1958 to 1959



Hagen Renaker Small Little Horribles Sticker

Used on the Little Horribles Boxes
This is a hard to find sticker
This one was used on an Axnious box








Stickers used in Monrovia or San Dimas




Hagen Renaker Black and Gold Copyright Name Sticker

Used on DW pieces from 1957, 58, 59 and 1971 to 1974



Hagen Renaker Green and Gold Breed Sticker

Used on DW pieces from 1964 to 1968
Used on several animals, but only 2 horses, the Lipizzaner and Appaloosa
This sticker gives the breed of the animal instead of his name



Hagen Renaker Green and Gold Name Sticker

Used on DW pieces from 1963 to 1968 and 1971 to 1974



Hagen Renaker Small Round Copyright Sticker

Used from the late 50's to the late 60's
used on a variety of pieces, DWs, Minis and Little Horribles



Hagen Renaker Large Round Copyright Sticker

Used from 1957 to 1970 on various DW pieces and Wall Plaques



Hagen Renaker Price Sticker

Used from the mid 60's to the mid 70's



Hagen Renaker USA Sticker

Used in the late 50's and 60's




Stickers used in San Dimas only




Hagen Renaker Large San Dimas State Sticker

Used on DW pieces from 1966 to 1974



Hagen Renaker Small Black and Gold San Dimas State Sticker

Used from 1966 to 1974 and 1997 to 2007
Hagen Renaker discontinued all stickers in 2007



Hagen Renaker HR Inc. Sticker

Used in the early to mid 80's



Hagen Renaker HR Inc. Sticker

Used in the early to mid 80's




Comparison picture of a San Dimas State Sticker and a San Marcos State Sticker




Hagen Renaker San Dimas and San Marcos State Stickers

This picture shows the difference between the San Dimas and San Marcos State stickers
The San Dimas sticker has a black background while the San Marcos is tinted brown
This is true of both sizes of state stickers
You do have to tilt the sticker just right to see the difference
Once you get used to it, you should be able to tell the difference
Some San Marcos stickers are darker brown which can be confusing







Stickers used in San Marcos only




Hagen Renaker Large San Marcos State Sticker

Used on DW pieces from 1980 to 1984


Hagen Renaker Small San Marcos State Sticker

Used on DW pieces from 1980 to 1986



Hagen Renaker Large DW San Marcos Sticker

Used on DW pieces in the mid 80's
Probably not used very long
This elongated DW sticker is pretty rare



Hagen Renaker Small DW San Marcos Sticker

Used on DW pieces from 1983 to 1986, including the mini sized Roller Skating Bears



Hagen Renaker Large San Marcos Blue and Silver Sticker

The large version of this sticker is 7/8 of an inch wide
Used on DW pieces from April to May of 1986
Since it was only used 2 months, this is a rare sticker



Hagen Renaker Small San Marcos Blue and Silver Sticker

The small version of this sticker is just half an inch wide
Used on DW pieces from April to May of 1986
Since it was only used 2 months, this is a rare sticker







Hagen Renakers Other Markings


In addition to stickers, some molds have painted, etched, raised, impressed or ink stamped markings. These markings can vary from HR to Copyright Symbols to initials, names or numbers.



Hagen Renaker Painted Markings, Artist Marks and Signatures

The first marks used by Hagen Renaker were hand painted onto the backs of dishes and decorative pieces. Also, artists signed or initialed many pieces, sometimes with paint or by carving them into a piece. I will add a few more pictures periodically, but there are so many variations, I could never picture them all. I would love help in identifying individual artist marks. Some of the limited edition pieces are also signed or numbered


Assorted Hagen Renaker Handpainted HR marks found on dishes






Normally found painted on the back of dishes or shadow boxes
ES and AS are the decorators initials
AS are the initials of decorator Abra Seeman, who also painted for Cleminson Pottery
This is one reason why early HR and Cleminson's resemble each other




Miscellaneous Hagen Renaker Artist Initials







VH was etched into the large Monrovia DW Silver
MB 1/67 is Marie Benzango from January 1967
KD was painted on the Disney Scrooge and on nephew Huey
There are many more decorator initials and marks found on pieces




Hagen Renaker Decorator Signatures




Marie is decorator Marie Benzango
Mary could be a decorator or Mary Renaker




Hagen Renaker Hand Painted Markings on the new DW Horses


Hagen Renaker San Marcos Gold Number

The large DW Appaloosa QH Mare was numbered in gold









Some of these horses came on bases and are numbered.
Others came with certificates.
The first few Ferseyns were mispelled




Hagen Renaker Test Color Markings











These markings vary greatly, but these pictures should give you a general idea
The 2 numbers represent different color paints and/or a different colored slip
Ocassionaly, you can even find the colors painted right on the piece
Sometimes just one number is used
A single number could mean the colors were tracked on paper, or only one color was used.






Hagen Renaker Pieces Marked with Numbers






Very few Hagen Renakers are lettered or numbered
None have ink stamped numbers, but a few do have an impressed number
H 1569 is the DW Dachshund pup Lenk
683 is for the DW cat Starlite
HR DW 22 is from the the San Marcos 12 1/2 inch Persian Cat Silver




Hagen Renaker Raised and Impressed Marks


Hagen Renaker Impressed HR Mark

Used in Monrovia mostly



Hagen Renaker Disney Impressed Mark

Used from 1956 to 1957 on Snow White



Hagen Renaker Disney Figaro Cookie Jar Marking

I have seen a Figaro Jar that was marked on the bottom and on the rim of the head



Hagen Renaker Disney Dumbo Cookie Jar Marking



Hagen Renaker Impressed Circular Mark

Found on some planters



Hagen Renaker Raised HR Copyright Mark

Used in San Marcos



Hagen Renaker Impressed HR DW Copyright Mark

Used in San Marcos
This one is missing most of the H



Hagen Renaker Dated HR Copyright Mark

This mark is found on the DW Roadrunner
1982 is the year it was introduced



Impressed Hagen Renaker

This mark is found on a few of the Specialty Loving Horses




Hagen Renakers Ink Stamps



Monrovia Hagen Renaker Ink Stamp with Address

Found on Wall Plaques mostly


Hagen Renaker Monrovia Ink Stamp



Hagen Renaker San Dimas Ink Stamp



Hagen Renaker San Marcos California Disney Ink Stamp

Used in November 1982 for Fantasia pieces



Hagen Renaker San Marcos Walt Disney Productions Ink Stamp

Used in November 1982 for Fantasia pieces



Hagen Renaker San Marcos Ink Stamp

Used from 1980 to 1986



Hagen Renaker San Dimas Ink Stamp

Commonly found on Specialty and Stoneware pieces



Hagen Renaker Current Specialty HR Ink Stamp

Smaller and slightly different than the mark above



Hagen Renaker Block HR Ink Stamp

Smaller than the mark above



Hagen Renaker Pedigree Dog Specialty Ink Stamp

Used on the Pedigree dogs when they came with a base




Hagen Renaker Current Specialty Ink Stamp








Hagen Renakers Cards

Of course most people are familiar with all the HR minis that came glued on cards. These are the easiest to identify, because the card usually gives you a good idea of when a piece was made, Monrovia or San Dimas, plus many are priced so if the price is low, it's an older piece. I must warn you though. The cards with dates are misleading. The date is when the card was made, not when the piece was made. Hagen Renaker ordered these cards in huge numbers and they lasted 5 years or more. A piece dated 1981 could have been made in 1985. Hagen Renaker also marketed minis as sets in the early 60's and again in 1978. Usually 2 or 3 minis on a card in a plastic box. I love these little sets, plus some of them are quite rare. Cards with sayings also came with Zany Zoo pieces and Little Horribles. The pieces weren't glued to these cars though.


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