Topic: Lampwork birds and gold fish bowl for show

[brucebanner]

Really cheered things up on a dull grey January day and i think it could be early. thick with dirt and cleaned up lovely, a little damage to the one bird but i would think a rare survivor all three pieces together, i'm guessing i may never know the age or maker but i thought it worth showing off anyway.

It measures 5 1/2 inches in height.

Regards chris.

[chopin-liszt]

I had some lampwork glass fish that floated suspended from finely blown glass balls in the early '70s, but there was no metal chain, like this one, there was a glass hook on the float ball.
A few of them came to a sticky end in a fight with a light bulb in pot of hazlenut yoghurt, (I did say it was during the early '70s!) but I replaced them not too many years later when I found more. (I just dug them all out again recently!)

The fish are very similar. But I would suspect the metal chain may well indicate that yours predate the ones I have.
I did buy them singly, and had to provide my own bowl.

[wolkenreb]

Absolutely lovely! I love the whimsy of it, and the skill of the person who made it.

[brucebanner]

Yes it my favourite piece of glass so far this year.