Topic: Tiffin Glass 1940s Goose Sculptures

[horochar]

I have been able to find no information at all on the net about these fine glass sculptures, other than to note a similarity in the base form with the better known pheasant sculptures from the same series which I am told was produced for a short time during the late 1940s.  Maybe these are rare?  Can someone direct me to a reference book that might show these?  If someone has a collectors guide, could you please tell me what they list as the "book value" for these, which I can use for insurance purposes?  Any help or additional information on them would be wonderful.

[deco.queen]

The book Tiffin Glass 1940-1980: Figural, Paperweights, Pressed Ware shows several birds.  I didn't see these exact ones but if you put them on the free American site at http://chataboutdg.com/ you will find collectors who know their value.

[horochar]

Thanks Janice.  Can you tell me if they're stylistically in the ball park of the ones pictured in the Tiffin Book?  What about the color (they're light gray/smoke glass; not brown as my photos suggest)?  Is it one of Tiffin's?  The quality of finish on these geese is exceptional (no bubbles), and the BASE is to my eye characteristic of Tiffin, at least as compared to the only one of these late 40s/early 50s animal figurines I can find a picture of anywhere, i.e. the pheasant.  Truthfully, I'm more concerned about authenticating them as Tiffin than in determining the value.

[deco.queen]

Yes, they are Tiffin. In fact I found one at the chatabout gallery. [LINK REMOVED]

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[Ohio]

They are Smoke & thats a late color from the late 50's & then resurrected in the early 70's. Unusual color for the free blown figurals. Value is around $75-$95 each, but I would place yours at the higher $95 figure. Ken