Topic: Pressed Glass Art Deco Amethyst Gazelle....who might have made it please?

[Ivo]

No it is not Gordiola or Lafiore - they never did pressed glass either of them.
The colour is amethyst which has been made by everyone.
The quality is not particularly outstanding - it has bubbles, striae and seams so you may safely discard top makers like Lalique and Steuben.
Maybe look in the direction of Fostoria, New Martinsville etc??

[flying free]

It's funny isn't it...the design of this piece, I think, is absolutely outstanding, yet the execution isn't the best (judging on comments made re seams, bubbles etc) .  I'm not making judgements on your piece Rosie, it's stunning.  I'm just pontificating on the vagueries of the art world.  From my perspective I'd choose this over many, if not all, other animals I've seen, including those from the 'big named' makers.
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[wolkenreb]

It is a lovely design.  But the hind legs are bent the wrong way poor thing.  Artistic license I reckon. I hope you get an ID Rose.  I have spent several hours looking at American pressed glass makers but to no avail. 

[flying free]

 :24:  see I would never have noticed that
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[wolkenreb]

Don't tell Rosie Michelle, but I had to find something wrong with it cos I was getting jealous of all the attention it's getting, while my doggie is languishing away at the bottom of the page! 

[Ohio]

For years I had one of the largest U.S. glass animal collections & sold the entire collection in 98-99 on eBay to help put my kids through college & unless its a totally obscure manufacturer or a piece we've never discovered its not U.S. I do not discount though the possibility that it might have been produced during a turn or two because of breakage removing pieces from the mold & a couple of survivors were taken home by workers. Example would be the Heisey horsehead (not to be confused with the regular Heisey horsehead) flat bookend. Only one certified pair is known in the Heisey museum & HCA still has the original factory mold. Story goes that the breakage rate was over 95% when they were popped from the mold during a few turns & it was immediately taken out of service inventory. Very recently (the past month) I picked up two glass sailboat vanity lamps that I'd never seen & it was discovered the only evidence of them was a patent line drawing of the sail portion of the boat. Its hard to imagine they were even produced because the design is so poor that they would be very easily broken by the sail falling off the base even if you simply blew on it. One of the two now resides in the American Museum of Glass in WV so yours could be an example of a piece that although was produced was never inventoried after a few turns. Information is simply not available for pieces where the mold or even the design was judged to be so defective that the mold was immediately retired from service after a few test turns, but these cases do exist.


 

[rosieposie]

Gosh, thanks for that Ohio.....this lovely little gazelle gets more and more interesting.

I admit it has bubbles, and mold lines,  but so have many of my Leerdam ducks, ellies and sausage doggies, and they cost a fortune!!

So the search goes on.....I wonder if Pamela has seen anything like this???

Would a Mod be happy to put the word 'pressed' in the title just to try to attract her attention? 

[rosieposie]

No?  OK,  let's just hope she pops by of her own accord.   

[wolkenreb]

Hi Rosie.  Your gazelle/ibex/ram has really taken a hold of me and I am SO frustrated that I can't find any references to it.  I don't know how many hours I've spent looking.  I really, really hope we find SOMETHING about it.  I haven't noticed Pamela on the board recently - she must be busy!

(I've been looking for info on my pressed glass cat at the same time - maybe they were made by the same elusive company!?)

[rosieposie]

 :ooh:  Has anybody got any more information on this beautiful Gazelle......Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeze?  XXX