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Great Little Elephant
« on: February 07, 2009, 05:13:40 AM »
Does anyone recognize this elephant? He is 4" to the top of the trunk. The lattimo is tinged with blue. I've been looking at Murano elephants for a couple of days now, but no luck. Any ideas? Thanks!
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« Reply #1 on: February 07, 2009, 10:10:55 AM »
WOW Thats gorgeous i will get the books out later , feel i have seen it or similar somewhere .
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Re: Great Little Elephant
« Reply #2 on: February 07, 2009, 12:28:42 PM »
Yikes, it almost looks ceramic, how unusual.
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Re: Great Little Elephant
« Reply #3 on: February 07, 2009, 03:58:29 PM »
 One of the best books on Italian glass animals~ Animals in Glass. A Murano Bestiary ~ Canal & Stamperia Editrice ISBN 88  86502  56  7 in this book you will see the same tequnique used by Ercole  Barovier in the 30s and by Fulvio Bianconi in the 50s if you like glass animals this in my opinion is the best book you can have .jp Loads of Elies . :chky:
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Re: Great Little Elephant
« Reply #4 on: February 07, 2009, 06:10:34 PM »
Thank, johnphillip. I have been looking for the book for a while now. It is hard to find. You are lucky to have it. :mrgreen: The elephant has a Barovier look to it, but I'm skittish about attributing it without some official word on the design. I love the Murano animals, but they can be so difficult to attribute correctly!
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Re: Great Little Elephant
« Reply #5 on: February 07, 2009, 07:23:36 PM »
Quote from: johnphillip on February 07, 2009, 03:58:29 PM
One of the best books on Italian glass animals~ Animals in Glass. A Murano Bestiary ~ Canal & Stamperia Editrice ISBN 88  86502  56  7 in this book you will see the same tequnique used by Ercole  Barovier in the 30s and by Fulvio Bianconi in the 50s if you like glass animals this in my opinion is the best book you can have .jp Loads of Elies . :chky:

JP, could I persuade you to write us a review of this for our Books Forum please?  :kissy:
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« Reply #6 on: February 07, 2009, 08:50:33 PM »
Yes Anne i like this book soooo much i will have a go , it may take a couple of weeks as i have a couple of Weddings coming up ,thats right good wine and bigamy are my Forte , i must repeat this book is a must its one of hundreds of glassbooks in my possesion i can put my finger on in ten seconds . jp :spls: :fwr:
                                       



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« Reply #7 on: February 07, 2009, 08:56:02 PM »
YEE HA! I just bought one.  :chky: Amazon.com had three available. I would not have looked if you hadn't said something, johnphillip. There are two more still available if anyone is interested. Now if I can only get the book on Ercole Barovier, I will have all my dream books. (The Barovier book sold for less than half its value on eBay a few months ago and I missed it. Rats.)
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« Reply #8 on: February 07, 2009, 09:03:22 PM »
Anita you will love me forever when you get the book , the illustrations are fan bloomin tastic .jp :kissy: :kissy: :kissy:

 I LOVE ITALIAN      AND ANITA I AM SURE YOU CAN DO THE REVIEW SOONER AND BETTER THAN I CAN . BE MY GUEST.JP
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Re: Great Little Elephant
« Reply #9 on: February 07, 2009, 10:23:49 PM »
JP there's nothing to stop you BOTH doing a review... the more the merrier. :)

Anyhow, what's all this with two weddings?  :o "Bigamy is having one wife too many...  monogamy is the same thing." Oscar Wilde.  ;D
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