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Author Topic: is this a murano bird/duck please can anyone id please?  (Read 8253 times)

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Offline Cazza

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is this a murano bird/duck please can anyone id please?
« on: August 10, 2008, 09:46:56 AM »
colours are amethyst white clear and black, can anyone id for me please.
Cazza

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Re: is this a murano bird/duck please can anyone id please?
« Reply #1 on: August 10, 2008, 09:52:39 AM »
I picked up one of those yesterday, the bottom of his feet weren't shiny, my thought was perhaps Chinese - just didn't seem quite right for Italian, but I could be wrong. The body also seemed quite sophisticated but the beak and feet rather crude

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Re: is this a murano bird/duck please can anyone id please?
« Reply #2 on: August 10, 2008, 09:53:59 AM »
bottom of feet rather dull, am not sure at all, but its quite cute.
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Re: is this a murano bird/duck please can anyone id please?
« Reply #3 on: August 10, 2008, 05:22:31 PM »
I've got 1 of these in a model of a penguin, not Chinese. I'm a clot as I found the maker and can't for the life of me remember where I wrote it.
I tend to write things down on bits of paper, not good I know.
I'll have a good hunt.
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Re: is this a murano bird/duck please can anyone id please?
« Reply #4 on: August 10, 2008, 06:13:19 PM »
Hi there Martin
thank you for your reply, hope you find the bit of paper soon. I am the same, bits of paper everywhere.
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Re: is this a murano bird/duck please can anyone id please?
« Reply #5 on: August 10, 2008, 07:12:05 PM »
hello again,
god know where i left it, but I just had a quick look under perfume bottles on eBay as I remembered a few there before,

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Perfume-Bottle-by-Twist-Glass-Studio_W0QQitemZ270212766957QQcmdZViewItem?_trksid=p3286.m20.l1116

I'm fairly sure this is the same guy 
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Re: is this a murano bird/duck please can anyone id please?
« Reply #6 on: August 11, 2008, 09:09:35 AM »
Many thanks it is very similar
:-)
Cazza

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« Reply #7 on: August 11, 2008, 10:27:06 AM »
Just seen he signs all his work, my bird is not signed.
Cazza

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Re: is this a murano bird/duck please can anyone id please?
« Reply #8 on: August 11, 2008, 05:35:39 PM »
Just to throw it into the mix, there are Charity shops round my way selling new pieces with the same look/technique...

I cant remeber if this bird is part of thier range or not? or where they're getting them from...

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Re: is this a murano bird/duck please can anyone id please?
« Reply #9 on: August 12, 2008, 04:20:30 AM »
I do think this a a new piece, such as one would find in a discount store (Ross or TJ Maxx around here). Some of them have Murano stickers, but some are Chinese (and sometimes I think the ones with Murano stickers might also be Chinese...)
Shannon

 

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