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Title: Quiz: Who am I?
Post by: TxSilver on February 22, 2011, 10:01:22 PM
Blown glass, so hollow inside, a little shy of 7" tall, very slight iridescence. It's okay to answer on the group, since I know many people will know the answer right away.
Title: Re: Quiz: Who am I?
Post by: tam bam on February 22, 2011, 10:07:15 PM
I know you know I have the answer!  LOL!  It's a Franco Moretti owl.  Was it the one I passed up with my birds?

tam bam
Title: Re: Quiz: Who am I?
Post by: TxSilver on February 22, 2011, 10:20:04 PM
I'll bet it was the same one, Tami. It was the same seller. If this is the same finish, it doesn't look like scavo. The glass is clouded in some fashion, then has a very light iridized finish. I am really impressed with the way Franco made the "ears." They are the best part. The dirty birdy needs a bath before I take some serious shots of it.
Title: Re: Quiz: Who am I?
Post by: tam bam on February 22, 2011, 10:25:12 PM
I just wondering about the finish on the owl.  What exactly would you call the cloudy appearance?  I said scavo because that was the closest thing it resembled to me.  Could it possibly be some type of corroso finish or something else we don't have a name for yet.

It must be the same owl I passed up because I have one of his in a different series.  I wish that nice red owl would come back up for sale.  He was super! 

tam bam
Title: Re: Quiz: Who am I?
Post by: TxSilver on February 22, 2011, 10:29:26 PM
The clouding looks like it is inside the glass to me. Perhaps there is a touch of the chemicals used for opaline glass in the mix? After seeing the ears on this owl, I will definitely buy anymore Franco owls I see out there. The little details make a simple piece of glass into a nice one.
Title: Re: Quiz: Who am I?
Post by: tam bam on February 23, 2011, 01:25:07 AM
I found a fish just like our pieces.  I LOVE it!  

http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/signed-franco-moretti-murano-glass-fish-venice

I am so glad you purchased the owl.  I was kind of feeling bad for the poor fellow since I have his mates and now that I know he has a worthy buyer I can certainly sleep better now.   :anb:

tam bam

P. S. - Here is my owl.

http://i810.photobucket.com/albums/zz23/TamiPietras12/FrancoMorettippwowl002.jpg

Title: Re: Quiz: Who am I?
Post by: ahremck on February 23, 2011, 01:24:05 PM
Love your cute(?) owl Tam Bam.

Ross
Title: Re: Quiz: Who am I?
Post by: tam bam on February 23, 2011, 08:12:29 PM
Thanks so much, Ross.   :smg:
tam bam
Title: Re: Quiz: Who am I?
Post by: waltl on April 10, 2011, 01:51:38 AM
Hi, I was a glassblower. It is almost certainly fumed. That means it is sprayed with metallic solution while it is hot. Often Ferric Chloride or Stannous Chloride.


I just wondering about the finish on the owl.  What exactly would you call the cloudy appearance?  I said scavo because that was the closest thing it resembled to me.  Could it possibly be some type of corroso finish or something else we don't have a name for yet.

It must be the same owl I passed up because I have one of his in a different series.  I wish that nice red owl would come back up for sale.  He was super! 

tam bam
Title: Re: Quiz: Who am I?
Post by: antiquerose123 on April 10, 2011, 02:32:20 AM
Hi, I was a glassblower. It is almost certainly fumed. That means it is sprayed with metallic solution while it is hot. Often Ferric Chloride or Stannous Chloride.


Is there an opening in the bottom to the hollow area?  Just wondering -- as once I saw a piece of glass that looked that way, and the guy was in the process of cleaning it out -- as it was tobacco smoke that had collected inside the hollow piece from years and years in a Smoking household...............just a silly stupid suggestion IF air (smokey air) could get up into it.......as that too could also be possible over the years.....just a thought

 :24: :24: :24:  the Village Idiot here that did not see a signature signed on the side  :24: :24: :24:  I will not live that down, for even myself..... ;D
Title: Re: Quiz: Who am I?
Post by: waltl on April 10, 2011, 03:14:01 AM
Is there an opening in the bottom to the hollow area?  Just wondering -- as once I saw a piece of glass that looked that way, and the guy was in the process of cleaning it out -- as it was tobacco smoke that had collected inside the hollow piece from years and years in a Smoking household...............just a silly stupid suggestion IF air (smokey air) could get up into it.......as that too could also be possible over the years.....just a thought

Anything is possible, Of course it is impossible to render a definitive answer from a small photo, but the fuming of glasses was pretty common on Murano. I can't tell if it is fumed clear glass or fumed opaline glass. The addition of Fluorine or Phosphorus to the glass will yield a glass that will be transparent to milky. Repeated heating and cooling will cause the glass to strike( become translucent to milky and eventually white)
Title: Re: Quiz: Who am I?
Post by: tam bam on April 11, 2011, 07:41:19 PM
Thanks Walt and Rose, but I think Walt is spot on.  I have two of these pieces myself and the effect is the same.  It is most certainly not smoke damage at all.  Anita and I bought these pieces from the same seller.  I didn't buy the owl because I already have a FM owl in the same design just a different effect.  These pieces, as with most of the Moretti animals, are hollow with usually the feet glued on.  My Moretti cat is hollow and you can see the hole in the bottom.  The reason why so many are stumped when it comes to the effect of these animals is because they are newer pieces of Murano.  You can really see the white spots Walt was referring to in the body of my crane really well.  I will try to photo the spots on my crane and I will also post the bottom of my cat so you can visually see what I am talking about.  Thanks again, Walt.  Your insight was most helpful indeed and makes perfect sense now.

tam bam