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Mdina 'Cut Ice' lollipop, signed Michael Harris

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glassobsessed:
Very nice Lollipop Anton.

In relation to other shapes produced at Mdina in a given time period rare would seem fair enough, harder to find than say a globe vase and more common than an onion vase.

By chance mine was the very first piece of Mdina that I had the good fortune to buy and started my interest in Harris and Mdina.

John

chopin-liszt:
I had about 6 of them, just one was signed, but I do (and did) normally avoid signed because of the stupid prices.
(I am totally unimpressed with signatures. They do nothing to improve the appearance of a piece. They're just some scratches on the bottom.)

It was about 20 years ago when I started collecting and first got them.  I had "so many" I kind of stopped paying too much attention to them.

During those early collecting days of mine, I'd say ice-cut lollipops were more common than even ordinary large globes. And certainly far more common than the Japanese globes.

Things may have changed.  ;D They do, over time.  8)

chopin-liszt:
I've done some digging around. I had 6, but only have three left now.
I have found pics though.
The first is of the MH signed one and a tall slim one I believe to be his work.

The next pic is of two I have sold. I notice they have the crizzle pattern inside, which the others do not.
This is an extra stage added into the making.
Should cut-ice lollipops with and without the crizzle web be considered different beasts?


I've noticed the same thing in the cubes, which are just the same thing, but a different shape.
Some have the crizzle web, some do not.  :)

glassobsessed:
Interesting, this one is crizzled too, from memory pretty sure it was made after Harris left. Are yours dated or signed Sue? 

chopin-liszt:
No. No marks.
Only the MH signed one on the left hand side of my first pic.
You have had hold of them, but you let them go too.  ;)

Anton's has no crizzle web, neither do Patrick's.
I'm of the opinion that it might be a feature to mark the post-Harris period. Not that it is, it needs proper confirmation.

The cubes are post Harris. They don't all contain crizzle webs either.

I rather like that one with the very, very deep clear bottom part. I've only got one small cut-ice like that - but it's Tortioseshell.
I've never seen another Totroiseshell one.  :)
I wasn't counting it as a true Cut-ice bit because it's so small and it's not got the usual multicoloured insides.
And we haven't yet got into the Cut-ice ones that aren't cut, but just flattened into shape on the marver.
(sorry for avoiding the use of the loppipol word. I get in a terrible tangle trying to type it. every single time.  8) )

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