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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: Margi on November 13, 2009, 01:17:31 PM
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Here is a very heavy solid fish not a vase. My first instinct was Murano but how wrong I am at times. My first question is it Murano (looks quite a new piece) and secondly if so was it made by a specific artist or just general tourist piece? If not who could it be - please (with hands in the prayer position) not Chinese I hope.
Cobalt blue with yellow underside with red pattern thickly cased in clear. The base is highly polished and flat.
As always. Margi
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Forgot to add measurements 26cm wide x just short of 18cm to highest point.
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From a fish point of view it looks like a stylized Chinese carp with shell-like fins...but from a glass perspective I have no idea ! Nice fish :mrgreen: !
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Thanks for your thoughts. I have another fish but a vase which was id'd by I believe Christine as being Chinese. That now looks rather pathetic against this one and if this new one is Chinese I am rather impressed and will keep it anyway ;D
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I don't think it is Chinese. I think Baked Beans was just talking about the species. It looks like it could be Murano to me. I just don't know by who. JI Co (Jordan Import Co) imported fish that had decoration like this. It may be one of their very nice ones. It is just a guess.
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Thanks Anita very much appreciate your thoughts
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Glad I found this thread, and that Anita agreed that this nice fishy was probably from Murano. Mine is 19 cm high.
I guess a maker will be tough to attribute -- seem to be tourist pieces...
Mine has a hand-written sticker (from a former owner?) to the base, just saying "old" ;D
Michael