Topic: Did Mdina every use acid etching?

[Sunflower77]

I have an orange and black mushroom. It looks more resin than glass as not high shine. Marked Mdina 1000

[chopin-liszt]

Hi and welcome. 
They didn't use acid in the very beginning, but it was introduced for etching the Maltese cross on a few items in the '70s. I have no idea what the 1000 means.
To tell glass from resin, if you take a hot pin or needle to the base, resin will melt, smoke or smell. Glass won't.
And glass should feel cool to the touch, resin would be warm, then there is the weight, glass would be heavier.

[Lustrousstone]

Sounds like it's sandblasted to create a frosted finish to me and that's OK

[Sunflower77]

Thank you. I am trying to attach a picture but they are all common up too large. Any ideas how to attach pls?

[Paul S.]

you will need to reduce the size of your pix  -  for posting here a maximum size of about 700 is necessary -  assume you're using a mobile?               Did you try the pin test?

[Sunflower77]

Hi yes tried the pin. Didn't do anything, so assuming glass. It's just got a rougher texture and looks like acid reaction.on the glass. I will try to upload. I can't fund anything like it on the Internet other than the shape. Thanks

[Sunflower77]

Photos

[Sunflower77]

And another

[chopin-liszt]

  Thank-you so much for the images. This is a bit unusual. I suspect it is related to a range of rather small pieces which was not producced for terribly long, most often found in teal and yellow, but some with a pink background with blue decor.
The surface is just how those enamels appear - with not a terribly high shine. The powder effect is somewhat retained in the background, while the high shine appears on the dark colour.
I'll have a look around for some other examples from this unusual range to show you.

Found a thread with a few examples and discussion. 

https://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,58368.0.html

[Sunflower77]

Thank you gor your reply. The owls are cute but seem to be glossy compared to the mushroom I have. The black bits are shiny but the orange on top is like it has bits peeled away to expose the black. I have attached another couple of pics.