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Offline Della

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Re: Purely for pleasure.
« Reply #1 on: June 21, 2007, 12:00:15 PM »

Oooh, I DID! (enjoy)
He is a beauty, Marcus. Pity he isn't real, with a body like that!!  >:D ;D
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Re: Purely for pleasure.
« Reply #2 on: June 21, 2007, 01:03:30 PM »
Absolutely STUNNING. Thank you so much for showing it to us.
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Re: Purely for pleasure.
« Reply #3 on: June 21, 2007, 01:35:49 PM »
Hi,
I am glad that you like it.
Regards,
Marcus

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Re: Purely for pleasure.
« Reply #4 on: June 21, 2007, 01:45:12 PM »
Hm you seem to have a new personna. Do we call you Sklo for short and does this one do grumpy ;D :-*? The glas blower is great BTW, who made him?

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Re: Purely for pleasure.
« Reply #5 on: June 21, 2007, 02:41:41 PM »
Hi Christine,
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Do we call you Sklo for short and does this one do grumpy ?
Marcus will do, or Grumpy  ;D ;D

As to who made the glass-blower, to the best of my knowledge, a Czechoslovakian company called Feigl and Moravka (Morawetz)
who were around from just before the first world war, until the end of the second.

Height is 160mm, so a little over six inches, and base is 130mm square (5 inches or so) and pressed sodium-potash glass.

He dates to the 1930s. He will not be being used as an ashtray. :D

Regards,

Marcus




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Re: Purely for pleasure.
« Reply #6 on: June 21, 2007, 03:01:29 PM »
Glad you finally got him, Grumpy!

Are these your photos? They look really good 8)
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Re: Purely for pleasure.
« Reply #7 on: June 21, 2007, 03:22:20 PM »
Marcus!! he is wonderful  :o the photo's remind me of those iconic russian poster's.

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Re: Purely for pleasure.
« Reply #8 on: June 21, 2007, 03:47:31 PM »
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Are these your photos? They look really good
David,
Thank you. Shot outside, on the first sunny day for a week  ;D
That camera was a good investment.
imho, this is one of the finest pieces of Czechoslovakian pressed glass I have seen, and a real pleasure to own.
Regards,
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Re: Purely for pleasure.
« Reply #9 on: June 21, 2007, 07:24:32 PM »
Ooohh Marcus, he is gorgeous! I can see now why you were so excited about this piece. Thank you for sharing the pictures of him... and if you ever spot another I think we'll be queuing up for first dibs at him!  ;)
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