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Title: Cat Decanter... Italian?
Post by: Anonymous on October 20, 2005, 06:22:58 PM
I accidently posted this message in the Glass Market place..Duhhhh!

Anyways, Someone told me this was mid-century Italian..can anyone confirm or deny?

Thank You!


(http://tinypic.com/es97qp.jpg)
Title: Cat Decanter... Italian?
Post by: chuggy on October 20, 2005, 06:30:01 PM
I've never come across a Murano decanter in this form, and the single colour would also be quite unusual since the majority of animal decanters that I've had have been sommerso with a couple of colours and Seguso made a few of these.
It looks more Scandinavian to me, but thats only a hunch.
Hope this helps a little
Paul
Title: Cat Decanter... Italian?
Post by: Ivo on October 20, 2005, 09:14:56 PM
Paul, bang on. I would think this is from Gullaskruf, late fourties through early sixties. I have a pig decanter and a face mug of similar construction. It looks heavy and well made, as it should be.
Title: Cat Decanter... Italian?
Post by: Anonymous on October 20, 2005, 10:32:19 PM
I seen these cat decanters in different colors with Balboa labels. I was told they were imported in the 60's.
Title: Cat Decanter... Italian?
Post by: Ivo on October 21, 2005, 11:28:29 AM
Quite possible. I hope you'll  manage to get a picture of it next time you see one!
Title: Cat Decanter... Italian?
Post by: Anonymous on October 21, 2005, 01:14:18 PM
Balboa? is this an Italian manufacturer?

Mike
Title: Cat Decanter... Italian?
Post by: Ivo on October 21, 2005, 01:49:45 PM
Yes Balboa is (or was?) one of the Murano manufacturers - that is ALL the information available.  :(
Title: Cat Decanter... Italian?
Post by: Anonymous on October 21, 2005, 02:23:56 PM
Any chance this cat decanter is Scandinavian? the smoky color doesn't look Italian to me....

Mike
Title: Cat Decanter... Italian?
Post by: Ivo on October 21, 2005, 05:53:43 PM
First thing I suggested was Gullaskruf (Sweden) who made lots of handblown tableware (mugs, bottles, decanters) in the shape of both animals and humans especially in the 1940s. It is based on a tradition of such vessels in Russia and Denmark. They always used a single colour of glass, like amber, clear or ruby.
Murano makers have always been fans of multicoloured pieces - the more the merrier. But if someone (even anon) comes along with the information that this particular decanter has been sighted with specific Murano stickers, the question will remain unsolved until someone comes up with a picture or a proper attribution from a reputable source.

http://tinypic.com/esw4zp.jpg

This is the Gullaskruf pig - it is supposed to have a cork stopper with a pierced coin in its nose.
Title: Cat Decanter... Italian?
Post by: Frank on October 21, 2005, 06:16:09 PM
Quote from: "Ivo"
the Gullaskruf pig - it is supposed to have a cork stopper with a pierced coin in its nose.


I am intrigued by this as I cannot visualise it?

Letting fantasy run loose  :?  I come up with a cork with a nose and a coin hanging from it. Or was the coin on the end of the cork...
Title: Cat Decanter... Italian?
Post by: Anonymous on October 21, 2005, 07:36:07 PM
it's a standard bottle stopper in Scandinavia - Holmegaard used it a lot, so did Gullaskruf and a few others because it is simple and practical. Take a 5 Ore piece, they're nice and large and cheap and dated, drill a hole in the middle and fix it to the top of the cork with a split pin.
Title: Cat Decanter... Italian?
Post by: Ivo on October 21, 2005, 07:40:29 PM
<relogging in>  here is a pic of two Skruf snapsbottles
http://tinypic.com/et62ds.jpg
Title: Cat Decanter... Italian?
Post by: Frank on October 21, 2005, 07:48:59 PM
Cool.. thanks
Title: Cat Decanter... Italian?
Post by: svazzo on October 23, 2005, 09:34:07 PM
The Blenko company also did figural decanters like this one.
Worth a look at that.
Javier
Title: Cat Decanter... Italian?
Post by: CathyG on October 24, 2005, 03:15:08 PM
Yes, Blenko did make a cat decanter but this is not a Blenko piece. I too thought they were Italain.

CathyG
Title: Cat Decanter... Italian?
Post by: Anonymous on October 24, 2005, 07:16:43 PM
Meow!!!!!
Title: Cat Decanter... Italian?
Post by: Anonymous on October 25, 2005, 05:04:21 AM
Balboa was an importer of Murano glass in the 50's and 60's.
Title: Cat Decanter... Italian?
Post by: Ivo on October 25, 2005, 06:51:25 AM
Quote from: "Anonymous"
Balboa was an importer of Murano glass in the 50's and 60's.


That would explain why they're not in the official manufacturers listings. Where were they located? Anyone have a picture of a label?
Title: Cat Decanter... Italian?
Post by: Anonymous on October 25, 2005, 07:10:36 PM
Item number: 7359917898 on EBAY is a Balboa vase with the original sticker..
Title: Cat Decanter... Italian?
Post by: Anonymous on October 25, 2005, 07:41:49 PM
So not an importer then - exporter maybe? :)
I.
Title: Cat Decanter... Italian?
Post by: Raoul Karlsson on January 06, 2006, 06:57:13 PM
Quote from: "Ivo"
First thing I suggested was Gullaskruf (Sweden) who made lots of handblown tableware (mugs, bottles, decanters) in the shape of both animals and humans especially in the 1940s.

What shapes of humans???
Quote from: "Ivo"

They always used a single colour of glass, like amber, clear or ruby.

No, that is incorrect!

Quote from: "Ivo"

http://tinypic.com/esw4zp.jpg

This is the Gullaskruf pig - it is supposed to have a cork stopper with a pierced coin in its nose.

No, that is not Gullaskruf.