Babycham history:

What is Babycham?
Like apples make cider, Pears make a light, sparkling drink called Perry. The posher equivalent of cider under the trade name of Babycham developed in the late 1940's it was invented in Somerset England and was marketed towards women when first launched in 1953.

It gained popularity in the UK in the 60's/70’s and fell out of fashion when the market was flooded with other similar products. But it can still be found on supermarket shelves today with a little hunting around.

Babycham had a plethora of promotional products, most notably its plastic deer for bar display and its dinky champagne branded glasses which are still really popular to collect.

I have a collection of over 100 Babycham glasses now and other promotional products. It has been very hard to find out any info on them, so after a lot of collecting and comparing I thought I would share my findings.
They used to be picked up fairly cheaply a few years back in second hand shops and car boot sales and a few can still be found, but as popularity in all things retro is very in at the moment even on ebay, they are becoming a bit costly,but cheaper if you buy a group together.
On main glass collection sites most glasses go for upward of £10 a glass.

The rarer ones and the martini glasses go for around £15-£20.

If you have any precice dates or other info on babycham products listed here, please let me know so I can share,Thank you

Promotional Deer

The iconic deer eye-catching deer were sent to pubs and bars around the country from the late 1950’s to the 1970’s, for promotional marketing purposes.
They are a hard plastic hollow shell, that has been hand sprayed and finished of with hand painted eyes and hoof’s. The bow is a softer plastic that has a small post out the back that slots into a hole drilled in to the neck band of the deer. With the smaller versions the hole is drilled through both sides, so the bow could slot in either on its right or left.

Set of three deer with bow’s -50’s/60’s
All are left facing but on the smaller ones the bow detaches so you could put it on either side of neck.The bow has raised ‘BABYCHAM’ lettering on the left side of the bow .

Large: 19cm high, Average cost £11-£21** (On Ebay with post cost) £25** (in online/retro and antique shops)
Medium*: 15.5cm high, Average cost £11-£21** (On Ebay with post cost) £25** (in online/retro and antique shops)
Small: 12.5cm high, Average cost £11-£21** (On Ebay with post cost) £20** (in online/retro and antique shops)

*Hardest of the three to find
**In good condition they have their bows,antlers, no cracks to plastic, no broken legs and obviously worth more.

Average cost for a set of three £35-£50 (On Ebay with post cost) £60 (in online/retro and antique shops)

As they are detachable and can be missing off some deer, a separate bow can sell for around £5 if it has the back fixing intact.

Deer on Rock (Detachable from rock) 60’s/70’s ?
Deer Size:Height N/A
Rock Size: N/A
(With display rock)Average cost £30 (On Ebay with post cost) £45-£60 (in online/retro and antique shops)
(Without display rock)Average cost £20 (On Ebay with post cost) £30 (in online/retro and antique shops)

Side Facing Deer-60’s/70’s ?
Size:14.8cm high to top of antlers / 9cm long
Average cost £11-£25 (On Ebay with post cost) £20 (in online/retro and antique shops)

Side Facing Deer with dark blue bow- 60’s/70’s ?

Promotional deer for Babycham Dry
Size: 14.8cm high to top of antlers / 9cm long
Average cost £21 (On Ebay with post cost) £35 (in online/retro and antique shops)




50’s/60’s Standing Bottle Top Deer

Size: N/A

Average cost £37-£40 (On Ebay with post cost) £40 (in online/retro and antique shops)

50’s/60’s Rear Kicking Bottle Top Deer (No Picture-if anyone has a pic of it please let me know thanks x) Average cost £N/A(On Ebay with post cost) £25 (in online/retro and antique shops)

Bottle branding

Glass Era’s

1950's

1953 : Original champagne glass with the white all four legs together fawn logo and dark blue ‘BABYCHAM’ listing around the base. Has a ‘Tulip’ hexagonal stem and are sometimes confused with the more abundant later design.

*These are the rarest of the 50’s glasses with a gold gilt rim.
Average cost £3-£7 (ebay with postage) £10 (on antique/retro sites)

Mid/Late 1950’s : Champagne glass with the white all four legs together fawn logo and dark blue ‘BABYCHAM’ listing round the base. Despite being called some of the rarest designs, there are quite a few sets of these out there with the straight up and down hexagonal stem with a gold gilt rim.
Average cost £3-£5 (ebay with postage) £10 (antique/retro sites)

1960's

Early 1960’s: Champagne glass with a Orange/brown fawn logo facing left with legs out together and a lighter blue striped ‘BABYCHAM’ listing around the base. They still have the straight up and down hexagonal stem of the earlier glasses with a gold gilt rim.
Average cost £7-£10 (ebay with postage) £12-£15 (antique/retro sites)

Mid1960’s: Champagne glass with a Orange/brown fawn logo facing left with legs out together with the original blue ‘BABYCHAM’ listing around the base. They still have the straight up and down hexagonal stem of the earlier glasses With a gold gilt rim.

* One of the rarest types of the Babycham glasses I have found so far.
Average cost £7 (ebay with postage) £12-£15 (antique/retro sites)

Late1960’s: Champagne glass with a Orange/brown fawn logo facing left with legs out together with the original blue ‘BABYCHAM’ listing around the base. It has a flared out from top and base straight up and down round stem to the glass. With a gold gilt rim.
Average cost £7 (ebay with postage) £15 (antique/retro sites)


1970's

1970’s: A champagne glass with the most well known yellow fawn logo facing right with front legs bent under and the original dark blue ‘BABYCHAM’ listing around the base. They have a flared out from top and base straight up and down round stem to the glass with a gold gilt rim. These are the most prolific on the market and the cheapest/easiest to find.
Average cost and the cheapest of all the babycham glasses £2.50-£5 (ebay with postage) £10 (antique/retro sites)

* The rarest of this type I have found has a straight up and down round stem from top to base to the glass looks like the rest of the glasses with the yellow fawn facing right with front legs bent under and the original dark blue ‘BABYCHAM’ listing around the base (not sure of precise date)With a gold gilt rim to the glass. Average cost N/A

Late1970’s :The champagne flute glass has the most well known yellow fawn facing right with front legs bent under.No listing around the base and no gold gilt rim.
Average cost £15 (ebay with postage) £12 (antique/retro sites)

1980's

1980's (date unsure could be later): A champagne glass with a slim lined brown fawn logo with no antlers and white ‘Babycham’ listing across the glass bowl under deer logo. A round stem that flares out from top, straight up and down and flares down to base.No gold gilt rim to glass and not as popular as the other glasses.
Average cost £2-4 (ebay with postage) £10 (antique/retro sites)

1990's
1993-97:Babycham Re-launch
In 1993 the famous Babycham deer was killed off the new label design omitted the iconic fawn as a trademark for a masculine relaunch with blue and yellow B branding. (glass branding unknown)

In May 1997 it was resurrected and went back to its retro, female brand positioning.


2000

2000 : Ltd Edition Millennium Cocktail martini glass with gold prancing Babycham fawn logo with a top hat and cane. A round stem that flares out from top, straight up and down and flares down to base.No gold gilt rim to the glass or listing/text on base.
Average cost £15 (ebay) £20 (antique/retro sites)

2001: Ltd Edn White Star Logo Cocktail Glass. Cocktail martini glass etched with Babycham fawn surrounded by sparkling stars with the words ‘The Babycham co’ in a banner under the deer. A twisted stem swirling down to the base of the glass with no gold gilt rim.

(To celebrate the launch of a clothing line in 2001?)

Average cost £10 (ebay with postage) £12 (antique/retro sites)

2005 : A champagne glass with a brown fawn, a pink bow with ‘Babycham 2005’ listing around the base in white and light blue edge to the text. A round stem that flares out from top, straight up and down and flares down to base.No gold gilt rim to glass.
Average cost £7 (ebay) £10 (antique/retro sites)

2004-2010? (date unsure) : A champagne glass that has a brown fawn with blue bow with ‘happiest drink in the world’ listing around the base in white with a light blue edge to the text. A round stem that flares out from top, straight up and down and flares down to base.No gold gilt rim to glass.

Average cost £20 (ebay) £20 (antique/retro sites).

'Pictures of glasses to follow'