Topic: animal farm question (well, it does say that on the search parameters):)

[Paul S.]

 sorry if this seems a little flippant  - coming so soon after in depth discussions about pre-war British glass.   Just thought you would like to see my friends     But seriously  -  just wondered if anyone recognized the heavy looking clear duck, the opalescent/cranberry (hollow) wabbit, or the sommerso style horse thingy.   Don't really have the space for them, so guess they will all be going soon, but grateful for any comments, and thanks for looking.    I do know that some of the smaller ones are Wedgwood, one is Gozzo, big ducks are Murano (generic) and the pig is Mantorp (Sweden), and the Wedgwood 'foxes glacier mints' polar still does have its label.   cheers.   

[Paul S.]

just realized I forgot to include this little fella - Wedgwood also, but unfortunately missing a mill. or so of his beak.    Designed for bits to break off I should think, with extensions like these.   There were a pair, but the other one was missing a bit too much to keep.    I think these must be uncommon, as I haven't seen any others, and just stylised I guess, not really supposed to be any particular bird.

[TxSilver]

Paul, it is challenging to ID animals, even with a clear view of the whole beastie. The horse looks like one of the Pilgrim-Rainbow types to me in its form, but I haven't seen colors like this. The duck in the middle looks like it could be Barbini, but I can't tell without seeing a good view of the whole duck.

[Max]

I checked and your duck isn't this one: http://whitefriars.com/isit_contents.php?ID=1530 but it would have been nice if it had been!

[TxSilver]

I checked and your duck isn't this one: http://whitefriars.com/isit_contents.php?ID=1530 but it would have been nice if it had been!

Oh, I see. You meant that heavy looking clear duck. I was confused about which one you meant. Humble apologies.

[Paul S.]

Max - thanks for checking the wfrs. catalogue  -  I hadn't even realized that a clear 'on the water' shaped duck existed - but you're right it would have been nice had it been the right one.    Believe Patrick Hogan comments that the rare example is 6 inches long  -  my duck is only 5 inches, and is of course unmarked, and with a flat bottom.     Do you know if anyone has yet found an example of the real thing, or are we all still looking??
Anita - no need for apologies, my post wasn't too serious, the mistake was mine, and I should have make it more clear which duck I was speaking of.
I have inlcuded a couple more pictures, more out of interest really, but as you say, it can be impossible to id a lot of these creatures unless they have labels or backstamps.
thanks again for your interest.

[Cathy B]

I have the same duck in blue. It looks & feels brand new.

[Paul S.]

thanks Cathy  -  really do appreciate you taking the time to reply.   Just my luck that the clear duck seems to be modern, although I hadn't held out much hope of it being something rare or valuable, but you never know  -  the dread is that one day I will leave someting on the vendors stall, and get home just to discover is was very desireable.    Paul S.

[Cathy B]

What I wasn't wanting to admit was that I bought mine on the very slender chance it was the duck Max linked to - even pretty much knowing it wasn't, I had to spend the $5 just in case.  :24:

[Anik R]

Uh, Paul???  I thought you told me you don't 'do' glass animals as they're too 'girlie'...  Hhmmmm... 


I was searching the GMB for the maker of a glass polar bear I wish to place a bid on, and lo and behold, I found this thread.  It looks like someone does have a bit of a collection.     And it's a lovely collection.