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glasswizard:
Hi everyone, I bought this small (5 inches long) light blue fish on one of my forays. It certainly is a puzzle to me. The best way to describe it is it appears to be carved, almost like a stone carving.

http://photobucket.com/albums/y283/Muscadale/?action=view&current=Tbluefish.jpg

With a loop I can detect how the eyes were carved and the beak. The tail fin has cut lines. Any info on who, what, when would be greatly appreciated. TIA Terry

PS; I am not a fisherman so don't even know what kind of fish it is.

Ivo:
It's a Dolphin, and yes it was carved from a high quality crystal the Mexicans call "Quartz". See the following Mexican pelican I bought there in 1995.

glasswizard:
Thanks Ivo, I am amazed and delighted. I hadn't realized that quartz came in such a lovely shade of blue and to tell the truth I really felt this was glass. Now I know what a dolphin looks like. Doubt if I went fishing in the Mississippi River which is very close to my home I would catch any.
At least this one didn't get away. Terry

paradisetrader:
It's a lovely item Terry and looks great quality to me. No wonder I was stumped when you first showed it to me ! I would never in a zillion years have guessed Mexican !!!
When faced with such a piece, many collectors wil have to revise their ideas about Mexcian glass, me included.
I don't think Ivo was suggesting that it's actually quartz but just that the Mexicans use that word to denote high quality crystal.
I have learned to read Ivo's words carefully and when he says "high quality crystal" he means HIGH QUALITY crystal.

Ivo:
I once dropped the pelican rather dramatically (bouncy, bouncy, sail away) and it survived without a scratch, dent or chip.
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