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Offline chriscooper

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Glass Toucan? Murano maybe?
« on: January 10, 2011, 05:31:31 PM »
Help needed with this please, sorry the photos are even poorer than normal it never got light today :-[
No label no signature 6.5" high the base has a rippled effect, let me down gently if it's  :or:
Who was it who got me started with these pesky animals ::)

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Re: Glass Pelican? Murano maybe?
« Reply #1 on: January 10, 2011, 06:01:02 PM »
I think it's a Toucan.
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Re: Glass Pelican? Murano maybe?
« Reply #2 on: January 10, 2011, 06:01:41 PM »
 :24: Not me!!  :pb:
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Re: Glass Toucan? Murano maybe?
« Reply #3 on: January 10, 2011, 06:14:23 PM »
Thanks Nemmie course it's a Toucan :-[
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Re: Glass Pelican? Murano maybe?
« Reply #4 on: January 10, 2011, 06:15:36 PM »
:24: Not me!!  :pb:

Yes you  :wsh:

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Re: Glass Toucan? Murano maybe?
« Reply #5 on: January 10, 2011, 06:34:12 PM »
Oh!  :o   Sorry Chris!!  :'(

I think it is Murano, not  :or:, I think it is quality,  :X:, I think it is probably made by a really famous glass house!  :sun:
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Re: Glass Toucan? Murano maybe?
« Reply #6 on: January 10, 2011, 06:54:05 PM »
Hmmm...are you sure it's a Toucan, I think your all wrong, it looks more like a Pelican to me...

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Re: Glass Toucan? Murano maybe?
« Reply #7 on: January 10, 2011, 06:54:48 PM »
It's a pelican. Toucans don't have pouched beaks and pelicans do have a bit of a crest.

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Re: Glass Toucan? Murano maybe?
« Reply #8 on: January 10, 2011, 07:11:59 PM »
Looks like a Dodo to me - do you own a 2lb lump hammer Chris and then you could make this extint ;D

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Re: Glass Toucan? Murano maybe?
« Reply #9 on: January 10, 2011, 07:13:38 PM »
Extinct

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