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Title: Penguin, signed MB 95 - any idea?
Post by: dirk. on September 26, 2012, 08:13:54 PM

One for Rosie...  ;) 
Not exclusively of course...
Animals are not my usual subject, but this guy here caught my eye. I like the way the figure is
stylised - he looks great, no matter which direction you turn him.
Anyone have an idea who MB is?
I could imagine the piece may possibly have been made in the 90´s, but that´s just an uneducated
guess.  8)
He´s ca. 20cm tall and weighs almost 2kg.

Title: Re: Penguin, signed MB 95 - any idea?
Post by: Anik R on September 27, 2012, 03:57:45 AM

Oooo, he's lovely and so big!  Unfortunately, I can't help with "MB" though.

Title: Re: Penguin, signed MB 95 - any idea?
Post by: rosieposie on September 27, 2012, 08:23:02 AM

I'm working on it Dirk... as Anik says, he is a lovely chappie and must be important to have been signed so clearly.  :)

Title: Re: Penguin, signed MB 95 - any idea?
Post by: johnphilip on September 27, 2012, 09:20:08 AM

Could it be Michael Bang he certainly made Elephants so why not Penguins ?

Title: Re: Penguin, signed MB 95 - any idea?
Post by: rosieposie on September 27, 2012, 09:30:46 AM

Michael Bang was my first thought too JP,  but it isn't the way he signs his work, so for the moment I have put that thought on the back burner. But I haven't dismissed it.

Title: Re: Penguin, signed MB 95 - any idea?
Post by: dirk. on September 27, 2012, 03:25:26 PM

Thanks for your suggestions - much appreciated!  :flowers:
I´ve been trying to find german glassmakers also, but I can´t think of any MBs in question.
Let´s wait... It so often happens that you find the answer, when you´re searching for
something completely different, doesn´t it? 
So, if you stumble across this guy, please, remember this thread.  :)

Title: Re: Penguin, signed MB 95 - any idea?
Post by: rosieposie on September 27, 2012, 04:29:23 PM

Dirk, I never give up!  And I will keep looking.  :)

Title: Re: Penguin, signed MB 95 - any idea?
Post by: ahremck on September 28, 2012, 02:21:54 PM

Agreed Rosie definitely not Michael Bang.  See attached signatures.  The third signature is actually from a penguin of his - the fourth photo is a profile shot


Ross

Title: Re: Penguin, signed MB 95 - any idea?
Post by: dirk. on September 29, 2012, 02:39:56 PM

Thanks for the pictures, Ross. The more I look at the signature... the ´M´ looks
quite continental, doesn´t it?  ???

Title: Re: Penguin, signed MB 95 - any idea?
Post by: rosieposie on September 29, 2012, 03:37:24 PM

I see it as a studio piece, carefully executed, with a carefully polished pontil mark, and a pride taken in the neat and carefully written signature. 
I wonder if someone like Adam Aaronson might look in and see if he recognises this signature?

Title: Re: Penguin, signed MB 95 - any idea?
Post by: dirk. on September 30, 2012, 07:17:20 AM

I should have mentioned in my description... The piece is hollow, so the ´pontil mark´ is a whole
actually. But it gives an idea of the thickness of the glass...  :)

Title: Re: Penguin, signed MB 95 - any idea?
Post by: rosieposie on September 30, 2012, 09:07:25 AM

Ah, that is really useful information Dirk,  Scandinavian birds are very often hollow blown and the base just a hole, so I will start looking again at some of the art glass from these areas.