Topic: Buffalo/Bison design glass block, Scandi ?? lots of age wear on back

[jonchellycain]

Hi all
I picked this up recently, it reminded me of the Kosta blocks ive had by Erik Hoglund. I cant find anything the same as this one.
The block is 12cm by 12cm, at its thickest 3.5cm and weighs just over 1kg.
The base shows quite a bit of wear, on the parts which make contact with the suface.
The whole block is quite uneven. It has an impressed design of a Bison/Buffalo.
I cannot see any markings but there may possibly be something under the wear.
many thanks michelle
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[glassobsessed]

Not Boda but that image of a buffalo is vaguely ringing a bell, something to do with clothing. I wonder if the block was originally intended as a bit of advertising, maybe point of sale or....

Or maybe I am just missing my favourite voddy Żubrówka.

John

[Anik R]

Or maybe I am just missing my favourite voddy Żubrówka.
John

 

[jonchellycain]

Thanks John, not really a Vodka fan myself, prefer a cherry brandy

[chopin-liszt]

I think the bison bears a lot of resemblance to prehistoric cave paintings - wonder if it might be not advertising, but a "commercial keepsake/souvenir" of visiting cave paintings?

[glassobsessed]

I'm thinking Wolfie knows... he has one on ebay

[flying free]

I believe Whitefriars made pieces for The Royal Antediluvian Order of the Buffalos - this might be one of them.
oh, there is another thread on a different piece here
http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,21346.msg120305.html#msg120305
I have seen one more on a different site but that was also a bowl.
m

[johnphilip]

Their i a W/FS controlled bubble bowl with intaglio buffs head but the buffs have said it aint one of theirs the guy said theirs are always head on as if charging you  and i
believe Wolfie ? has a block one the same as the one on here . Its on W/Fs.com   . jp