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Offline Anik R

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Penguin ID help please
« on: November 09, 2011, 07:48:38 PM »
What an experience this poor penguin has had.

My husband bought him at the antiques market, hoping to make me happy.  It was only when he got him home did he see that the beak was damaged.  Upset that he hadn't noticed while buying him, he decided to hide the penguin away and fix it before giving it to me.

While melting the beak and rounding it, he managed to burn the poor thing's head.  I don't know if I feel more sorry for the penguin or for my husband, who presented it to me today with some sadness.   :spls:


I was wondering if it's possible to identify the maker / country of origin of the penguin?

It's 13cm tall and weighs 458g.  The base is polished and solid, and has a wee little hole with a bubble.  The interior 'mottling' is white and very dark purple.  On its back, I can see tiny little bubbles were the colour meets the clear glass.

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Re: Penguin ID help please
« Reply #1 on: November 09, 2011, 08:31:53 PM »
Oh dear!  Poor penguin and poor husband! What a nice guy though!
Nancy

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Re: Penguin ID help please
« Reply #2 on: November 09, 2011, 08:37:24 PM »
 ;D Sorry for being mean Anik probably not meant to be funny but when I clicked on the 2nd photo it really creased me up actually laughed out loud not the best nose job I have ever seen  :-[

Chris :sun:

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Re: Penguin ID help please
« Reply #3 on: November 09, 2011, 08:42:23 PM »

Looks more like a baby seal now ;) :)

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Re: Penguin ID help please
« Reply #4 on: November 09, 2011, 08:43:20 PM »
LOL!  ;D    Now you've got me giggling like mad.  

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Re: Penguin ID help please
« Reply #5 on: November 09, 2011, 08:45:57 PM »
I wish I had seen what the penguin looked liked before its face was fixed and its head tanned...

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Re: Penguin ID help please
« Reply #6 on: November 09, 2011, 08:48:14 PM »
Anik, I bet that sentence has never been uttered in the entire history of the English language . . .
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Re: Penguin ID help please
« Reply #7 on: November 09, 2011, 09:02:55 PM »
It's too dark now but tomorrow I will show you a photo of a beautiful Murano bird I bought at an antique fair at the weekend, picked it up and before I could examine it the seller said £10 just about to place it back on the table when she promptly said pleadingly £5??? go on then says I thinking that was easy. When I got home  and checked it over with a fine tooth comb realised half the base is actually broken off a miracle it even stands up  :-[

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Re: Penguin ID help please
« Reply #8 on: November 10, 2011, 12:23:32 AM »
Hi Anik.  I think he migh be Hoglund.  At first I thought it might have been Hokitika,  but they don't have feet.  Hoglund do.....so worth following up.
Rosie.

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Re: Penguin ID help please
« Reply #9 on: November 10, 2011, 01:05:07 AM »
It does look like it is Ola & Marie Hoglund. Some of their penguins are at http://www.sealifecreations.com/hoglund/hoglund.htm. I thought all their glass was signed, but I don't know about their animals.
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