Topic: Clown with Guitar

[LarryM]

I bought a clown at a thrift store this week for $5. It is about 7.5" tall. On the back is a faded sticker with a gondola and the words "HAND MADE VENETIAN GLASS". The style is different than my other clowns. Is this from Murano? When might it may have been made?

Thank You


Larry

[Anne]

Hi Larry, your label looks like the one seen on JI Co pieces (example of the label here: https://www.yobunny.org.uk/glassgallery/displayimage.php?pos=-1914) JI were Jordan's Importing, and there is a bit more about them in Rainy's topic here (with more pics - scroll down to reply #4) https://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,50907.0.html, along with another dissimilar but labelled clown here https://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,37935.0.html. A search for clowns using the board search function will bring up more examples to compare yours with or you could take a look at some other JI Co clowns in Shannon's research album on our GlassGallery here: http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/thumbnails.php?album=532

Hope this helps.

[LarryM]

I see some clowns similar to mine in that gallery and elsewhere, so I expect that it is a safe assumption that mine is from J.I. Co.  I am guessing that it is from the 1950s.  I think that I got a nice deal at $5.

Thank You

Larry