Topic: Bimini *style* decanter

[Max]

Super light decanter with a little glass, drunk devil inside the globe - check out his winky (how rude!) and bottle!  I can only think of Bimini that did this kind of thing, but the subject matter seems a bit crude for Bimini perhaps?  What does anyone else think?   

http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-10951

http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-10950

[dirk.]

hi Max!

possibly lampwork from Lauscha / Thuringia? just a guess...

[krsilber]

Now there's a classy piece!   Love the tiny bottle he's holding.  So lifelike - he's even got balls!  Not sure I've heard of devils with duck beaks, though.  Maybe that's why this one looks so benign. 

Good place to put your firewater!

 

[Ivo]

probably Ernst & Peter Müller-Marks from Lauscha. I have 2 decanters (one of which has a devil inside, the other a lion) with stickers.

[Lustrousstone]

Duck beak  , it's his beard and long nose!

[krsilber]

A beard, eh?  Ya know, I bet it's not a devil at all, it's Pan!  He's too busy drinking to play his flute.

[Max]

I don't know if it's a beak or mouth it's just a strange jutty-out shape below his nose.  It's a bit peculiar, but seems to suit him.  :thup:

Might be Pan...he's quite horny.   

Thanks Ivo and Dirk, I've got another couple of pieces from Lauscha but this is so different I didn't make the connection.  Thank you Ivo for the probably designer, I'll make a note of it now.  xx

Oh...when I bought this, the salesperson said 'What will you be washing this with?', I said 'I'm not planning on washing it', she said 'if it was mine, I'd just stick it in the dish-washer, they're marvellous these days'....

Riiiiiiiiiiiiigght!

[Ivo]

memory failed me - it was Neptune.

[Max]

Thanks for showing them Ivo, I wanted to see your two decanters, but didn't like to ask!    Not certain mine is the same maker as yours ...the neck and stopper of my decanter has some applied irridesence and yours are rather classy, what do you think?

I found this though: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=380038843857  - definitely the same as mine...but not Bimini.

[Ivo]

I just waited until daylight to take the pictures...
I would think this type of decanter is Lauscha, there are at least half a dozen glass makers there who master the art of blowing bubbles with thingies inside.