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Offline chriscooper

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Marcolin fish
« on: May 09, 2011, 06:04:16 PM »
Hi, could anyone help date this piece from the numbers on the base please.
No Rosie you cannot have it  ;D
Thanks Chris

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Re: Marcolin fish
« Reply #1 on: May 10, 2011, 11:02:28 PM »
Very nice! I like it!  :thup:  

Does it have a label?
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Re: Marcolin fish
« Reply #2 on: May 11, 2011, 11:01:07 AM »
No label Ingela just the Marcolin script on the base.

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Rosie, only joking you can comment if you like :wsh:

Chris :sun:

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Re: Marcolin fish
« Reply #3 on: May 11, 2011, 06:37:20 PM »
Hi, could anyone help date this piece from the numbers on the base please.

I don't have an exact date but approx. 1986-1991
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Re: Marcolin fish
« Reply #4 on: May 11, 2011, 09:23:56 PM »
He is lovely, but I don't 'do' fish....yet!!  :pb:
Rosie.  :sun:
Rosie.

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Re: Marcolin fish
« Reply #5 on: May 12, 2011, 02:54:15 PM »
Thanks Ingela,  confused with FM Marcolin, FM Konstglas, FM Ronneby think I have had a piece with silver oblong label FM Marcolin art crystal label before, really miss the link at the end of your posts and sure others do too? invaluable along with Anita zoo link  :kissy:
Rosie, just thought you were 'animal mad' full stop!! didn't realise it didn't extend to fish yet :sun:
Cheers Chris

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Re: Marcolin fish
« Reply #6 on: May 13, 2011, 10:43:46 AM »
Thanks Ingela,  confused with FM Marcolin, FM Konstglas, FM Ronneby think I have had a piece with silver oblong label FM Marcolin art crystal label before,


Hi Chris,

what are you confused with?


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Re: Marcolin fish
« Reply #7 on: May 13, 2011, 02:55:32 PM »
Hi, mainly confused with all the different names? were they all signed on the base or just labelled were they all classed as Swedish or were any made in Italy?
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Re: Marcolin fish
« Reply #8 on: May 15, 2011, 06:44:39 PM »
Hi Chris,


Sometimes there is only a label, sometimes a label and a signature

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You can for instance see a listing on eBay:
label: FM Konstglas Ronneby Sweden
signed: FM Ronneby Sweden

From this people use different name combinations in their listings:
FM, FM Konstglas, FM Ronneby, Ronneby, Marcolin Sweden,
Fare Marcolin, Faro Marcolin, Farao Marcolin
Sometimes Ronneby Sweden, and once Ronne by Swegin  :24:


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FM stands for Färe Marcolin, F does not stand for Fare or Faro.
Josef Marcolin was married to Inga-Lill Färe.

Josef and Benito Marcolin had their own glassworks in Ronneby, Sweden, 1961-1991.
The name of the company was FM Konstglas.
In 1983 they changed the trade name to Marcolin Art Crystal (with the FM logo),
the company name was still FM Konstglas.
In approx. 1988-1989 they changed the company name to Marcolin Art Crystal,
with trade name Marcolin Art Crystal (now without the FM logo).

In 1991 Josef and Benito moved production to Sardinia, Italy.
The company closed down in Ronneby in 1991 and the Marcolin brothers went back
to Italy to work with Sardinia Crystal. The idea was to continue production of
the existing range of products but the collaboration did not work out.
Benito moved back to Sweden and Josef to Austria.
I do not have much details about this collaboration but Sardinia Crystal
retained some rights to both the name Marcolin and some of the design for a
number of years. Possibly from 1994-2004.

When referring to Marcolin/Sardinia Crystal, it’s better to use Marcolin Sardinia, to avoid confusion.

1994-2001 Benito worked for Vas Vitreum, Vadstena, Sweden. http://www.vasvitreum.se/  
Josef (after Sardinia Crystal) has collaborated with Waterford Crystal, Dartington Crystal (1997-1999) and also Colle Vilca (Italy).

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By the way, it’s Konstglas and not Konstglass.
The Swedish word “glass†means ice cream, so it's the Swedish word "glas" which means glass.


Hope this helps! If not, please let me know if you have any further questions.



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