Topic: 2 pairs of figurines - id please? Toffolo?

[Trebor]

Hi these belong to a friend and he asked if i could find anything about them for him i told him i know some people who can .Thank you

[Paul S.]

 I know little about these figurines, but suspect they may be Murano.    Lets see what the knowledgable have to say.

[chopin-liszt]

I would agree, these look like good quality Murano, perhaps even at the standard of Franco Toffolo - but his is the only name I know for this sort of thing, we need somebody who does know to pop in.

[chopin-liszt]

Anybody with some knowledge of Murno figurines think that these could possibly be Toffolo?

[TxSilver]

I think the figures are Murano, but I don't know who. Toffolo is actually UK and not Murano. He trained in Murano, but his furnace is in England. Blackpool or something like that. I would have to check the name of the place again and I'm feeling too lazy right now.

[Trebor]

 Any info on these is most appreciated. Thank you

[chopin-liszt]

Toffolo worked in :smg: :sc: SCOTLAND :sc: :smg:
(although now he has completely retired, he is in England somewhere)

[TxSilver]

Thanks, Sue. I am getting my British countries confused. They are both so beautiful. Apparently Franco thought so, too.

[chriscooper]

No you are correct Anita, Franco Toffelo came to England in the sixties and ran a studio for a lot of years in Blackpool
Venetian glass company, though he did later move to Caithness still doing a bit with John deacons I believe?
Talking to a lady about a piece of his at a fair at the Raebok stadium in Bolton and she said he was actually in Blackpool upto 1980?
but don't quote me on that.
Chris

[chopin-liszt]

After retiring from Caithness he did spend Thursday mornings (I believe) working alongside John Deacons and Willie Manson, but is now completely retired.
I'm lucky enough to own a fabulous sommerso bowl he made there.
(I'll get an image soon, if you like?)

Mod: for bowl see:  http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,39144.0.html

apologies, I didn't know he'd worked in England.

I did once see him once, (in quite a flurry) running out of the Strathearn Gallery in Crieff - where much of his last work, done in JD's studio, was sold.