I see a lot of cauldrons around these days. In toy shops and bubbling away on those magic goth crystal shops that are in most town centres somewhere.
One H. Potter has a lot to do with the rise of the cauldron as a desirable object among kids and here's one such pot.
But my own favourite cauldron has to be one from my own childhood and from a similar craze to Potterdom. Yes, the monster craze and out of it crept Aurora monster kits - including The wonderful Witch.
I can almost feel that lumpy surface on the Witch's cauldron, what with snakes and bats in there. Mine went really dusty.
What a fabulous kit all round, the details of which are still vivid in my mind like the snake wrapped round the hearth joist and the flaggon on the small chopping table. And who can forget the drip on the big spoon!
The Witch on Bama's box art was always way better looking that the plastic hag herself. The box witch was almost a babe and with a bit of foundation could have been Elkie Brooks.
I had the Witch until 1980. I left her behind when I left home. I miss that Witch and her cauldron.
Mine was the Glow in the Dark version.
Do you have a cauldron in the home and do you know a Witch?
According to Aurora Model Kits by Thomas Graham, box artist James Bama used his wife as the model for the Witch painting - there is even a photo of her on page 45, spoon in hand. The kit originally came out in 1965.
ReplyDeleteAlways wanted to get The Witch kit, never found its way to me. Love those Aurora models that came with that mini-diorama!
ReplyDeleteIts a fab kit and box from the golden age of monsters for sure. Bama is the monster craze to me. Along with Forry Ackerman of course, who kicked it off!
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