Topic: Signed Fish Block

[WhatHo!]

What Ho! can anybody help me with this piece pls.
It is about 7" x 5" and depicts 2 fish swimming around reeds, it has a blue base base with pink stones.
It has a faint sig on the base which I cant read. Does anybody know the date and maker please, TIA Wolfie

[dculvyho]

It looks alittle like Elio Raffaeli to me.  He made Glass Aquariums in different styles and signed his name in a lot of different ways.  You should be able to find many examples of his signature on the net.

Doug

[Baked_Beans]

Here is a Raffaeli sig. on the base of a bird .

http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,38211.0.html

Tta , Mike.

[petet63]

Hi Whatho! Can I ask what area you live in, Im pretty sure I saw an Identical piece at the weekend up in the NE of UK. A light went on in my head but I ignored it, probably distracted as it was a hot sunny day  I shouldn't ignore that feeling and go check it out. It was in a Bootsale in Sedgefield. Pete

[dculvyho]

Chances are you have already seen this site.  They are selling aquariums similar to the one you have.

http://www.muranoglassgifts.com/special-opportunities-murano-S1011.html

Doug

[vanmann]

Wolfie, this one, although unsigned,  looks to have similar top edge

[chopin-liszt]

That one is definitely modern Chinese.

[WhatHo!]

Chances are you have already seen this site.  They are selling aquariums similar to the one you have.

Hi, no i havent seen that site and they are definately made by the same hand. i have mailed them to see if they know who makes them, cheers Wolfie