Topic: who made the penguin? Mdina or not?

[flying free]

Looks like it could be Mdina but I'm not really sure.
It has a slight yellow tint to the clear glass and the blue internal bit is mottled differently to how I would think Mdina would be.  The tool marks on the flipper and beak are a visible 'pull' rather than them being hot shaped and smooth if you know what I mean? (i.e. they have a ridge in them).  Could it be Phoenician Glass maybe?
It's 4 1/4" tall.
m

[rosieposie]

Hello m, I would say Mdina... but there are others here more knowlegeable than I when it comes to Maltese glass... hopefully they will pop their heads in.

[flying free]

I'm not sure Rosie.  The blue bits in it don't look like my Mdina pieces, but perhaps it's a later piece.  I also did find a labelled Phoenician penguin that seems to be similar (but thinner) with the pulled wings and beak and tail done in the same way,but he is a different shape having looked at him again, and a differnt decor.
m

[flying free]

I have now found one that looks the same... is it a Boffo penguin then 
m

[chriscooper]

My thoughts too m but usually get shot down in flames at the very mention of his name  Patrick and Wolfie have a few animals from his time at Mdina and MDG will grab their attention and point them here.
Chris

[chopin-liszt]

The teal colour is speckled on the insidey bit m - not Mdina, I reckon Phoenician, I reckon most of them are Phoenician. They seem to be very common.

[flying free]

I can't find any other than two to compare to though Sue, so they can't be that common?  It's  very similar design to one I found attributed as a Boffo penguin.  It is quite a bit different to the labelled one I found from Phoenician, in terms of shape and also the way the wings are done.  However I should imagine there are variations anyway, and I had queries about the speckly blue on the internal colouring wondering if it might have been a later Mdina piece or something initially.  Mdina didn't create their blues like that did they?  It's quite difficult to see the colour on the only one I can compare to, and how it is laid in or created.
m

[chopin-liszt]

Typical, no Phoenician ones on my ebay search right now!
However, there are Alum bay ones. There's this very ropey looking thing too....
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/290740003326?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

Which one is the labelled Boffo one, m?
Personally, I'm not convinced by any of the so-called chicks. They're not good enough to be Boffo.

[flying free]

Sorry I'd amended my post above Sue, my fault  and I  didn't change the 'labelled' Boffo to 'attributed'. I'll try and find a link in a sec and add it.
Yes it is typical...I've searched and searched and there just aren't that many that come up.
There is the one Phoenician, I'll find a link to that in a sec.
link here

http://www.dbramallantiques.com/maltese-art-glass-penguin-figure-by-phoenician-glass---labelled-247-p.asp

 Did Mr Boffo make the Whitefriars penguins?  I wondered and that was why I was commenting on the beak being shaped with tool marks as it looks quite different to a Whitefriars beak as far as I can see.
I have to say mine is nicely made, proportionately good and I think is a good penguin.  But those blue speckles are just not what I've seen of older Mdina glass even though I've comparatively seen very little.
m

[chriscooper]

Boffo and Ray Annenberg both made penguins at Whitefriars depending on which style.
This previous thread may be of use? a similar one to yours in Pat's reply.
http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php?topic=40609.10
Chris