The QVC Stablemate Silver Cup Series
Article and photos contributed by Kelly Coultas. For several years in the 1990s and early 2000s, the popular shopping channel QVC ran a Breyer segment, featuring a different special run each show. In 2002, they featured two Stablemate collections called the Silver Cup Series. Both came in a sturdy blue decorative box with a foam insert to protect […]
Stablemate Spotlight: Arabian Stallion
The Arabian Stallion was sculpted by Maureen Love Calvert and was originally produced in porcelain by the Hagen Renaker Company from 1959 to 1972. In the mid-1970s, Breyer leased this, and other mini horse designs from Hagen Renaker to create their Stablemate line of plastic miniature horses. This line is referred to the “G1” or […]
For the Love of Stablemates
The Stablemate line was first introduced in 1975, when 16 new, 2.5″ tall model horses were released. All 16 models were sculpted by Maureen Love Calvert and were originally produced in china/ceramic by the Hagen-Renaker Company. These molds are called (amongst most hobbyists) “G1” or “Generation 1” molds. Here are the sixteen G1 Stablemate molds: […]