Thanks again, and for taking the time to look at the link. I’ve seen the antique Georgian glass stirrup cups on eBay that are actually t-lite holders from Habitat so don’t necessary believe everything I read.
You say ‘especially as the seller is in Nevada’. Well, I’m in the UK. If you infer that an item originates in Mexico as it is currently located in Nevada then you could equally well use the same logic to argue that as my elephant is in the UK, so it’s likely to be European! In fact, it would seem more likely that someone would import a heavy and awkward glass item from Murano to the USA than one from Mexico to Europe - a sombrero or bottle of tequila would be much easier.
It is useful to know the reasoning behind opinion, such as why something looks like recycled glass. The colours in my photographs aren’t very good and as i said, to me it actually looks a shade of red in real life. Any colour apparent in the clear glass is certainly not to be trusted. I am always cautious when it comes to colour in amateur photographs on the internet, especially Ebay and especially subtle shades in clear glass.
As for crudely put together, this maybe the case, but looking on the Murano Zoo and Murano Animal Collection websites, to my eye, quite a few of the attributed Murano elephants look at least as crudely put together.
I would be interested if anyone could point to a link or reference to similar looking elephants that are actually from Mexico.