Topic: Polar bear late 1970s

[Deb of Oz]

Hi
Does anyone recognise this polar bear please? It dates from the late 1970s, is solid polished glass with a bit of matt glass where his claws would be in real life. It is turning to the right.
Thank you
Deb

[Margi]

I could be and probably am wrong but it reminds me of Hadeland

[glassobsessed]

Some similarities to this one http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/EKENAS-GREEN-GLASS-BEAR_W0QQitemZ270470204400QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Art_Glass?hash=item3ef947cbf0 by Ekenas

John

[glassobsessed]

Similarities, but only if you ignore the feet. Doh.

John

[TxSilver]

These Magnor polar bears on eBay remind me of yours: http://cgi.ebay.com/Pair-of-Art-Glass-Polar-Bears-Magnor-Norway_W0QQitemZ140353535912QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item20adb8ffa8
Your picture goes off the screen for me when I enlarge, so I couldn't see the feet. The eBay bears are small. How large is yours? I don't know when the Magnor ones were made. I've seen quite a few bears that look similar to this one. Thought I would post this listing to show one possibility.

[Deb of Oz]

Thank you for the ebay link.

The bear is wrapped in a storage box and a bit inaccessible. From memory it is between 15 and 20 cm long (closer to 20 cm).

My bear has rough frosted or matt glass where her claws would be.

I can see the photo problem, however I can scroll across it (using Safari on a Mac) which gives a huge close up of the feet.

[inca]

Your picture goes off the screen for me when I enlarge, so I couldn't see the feet.

Here is the picture resized, and also a close-up of the feet.