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Title: Can anyone idenyify the maker of this glass whale, Nason?
Post by: maureene on March 03, 2011, 05:27:02 PM: I would love to know who made this , any ideas would be very much appreciated. pewter colour , 5" long ,it has many scratches to the base so it has age to it .
Title: Re: Can anyone idenyify the maker of this glass whale
Post by: glassobsessed on March 03, 2011, 05:36:03 PM: Welcome to the board Maureene, your whale does have a bit of the look of V. Nason about it.

John
Title: Re: Can anyone idenyify the maker of this glass whale
Post by: kane_u_pain on March 03, 2011, 09:09:23 PM: Looks like a Viking Glass whale...

See one here...

http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/viking-glass-orange-whale-5-good-cond

You can also a do a google images search...
Title: Re: Can anyone idenyify the maker of this glass whale
Post by: glassobsessed on March 03, 2011, 09:26:56 PM: You show me yours and I'll ..... http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/murano-glass-whale-art-glass-statue-signed-v

John
Title: Re: Can anyone idenyify the maker of this glass whale
Post by: maureene on March 03, 2011, 09:45:41 PM: Viking , Yes I know what you mean , very similar but not the one .
Title: Re: Can anyone idenyify the maker of this glass whale
Post by: maureene on March 03, 2011, 09:55:20 PM: Thank you John , I wonder how many sizes were made as yours is quite large , I have two of these but the other smaller one has a broken tail , your interest is very much appreciated .
Title: Re: Can anyone idenyify the maker of this glass whale
Post by: carolglass on March 04, 2011, 02:05:28 AM: Hi Maureene, here is a link to my query for a very similar whale- Zanneti was a possible. http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,21871.0.html
It might or might not help.
regards Carol
Title: Re: Can anyone idenyify the maker of this glass whale, Nason?
Post by: Cathy B on March 04, 2011, 10:33:34 AM: Hi Maureene,

I've added Nason to the subject line in the hope of attracting Anita, who might be able to help distinguish between Nason, Viking and Zanneti.
Title: Re: Can anyone idenyify the maker of this glass whale, Nason?
Post by: glassobsessed on March 04, 2011, 04:30:04 PM: Maureen, a close up photo of one of the whale's eyes and another photo in daylight showing (with no camera flash) the colour of the whale might be useful.

John
Title: Re: Can anyone idenyify the maker of this glass whale, Nason?
Post by: maureene on March 05, 2011, 12:16:28 PM: More pic's and thank you to everyone .
Title: Re: Can anyone idenyify the maker of this glass whale, Nason?
Post by: TxSilver on March 05, 2011, 04:37:23 PM: I've been reluctant to try to attribute the whale because the tail doesn't fit the V. Nason or Campanella ones I've seen. It also doesn't look like the Marcolin whales. The tail on this whale looks a lot nicer to me. I think we can say it is most likely not Licio Zanetti because it is not signed.

Does it only have the one dark color shade on back, or are there two layers? Maybe a gray, then a green? It is difficult to tell from the angle of the shot.
Title: Re: Can anyone idenyify the maker of this glass whale, Nason?
Post by: maureene on March 05, 2011, 05:53:14 PM: There's only one colour ,which fades to clear towards the tail I, wish I had the knack of photographing glass .
Title: Re: Can anyone idenyify the maker of this glass whale, Nason?
Post by: TxSilver on March 05, 2011, 06:27:26 PM: Your photographs are fine. I just wondered if there was more that I couldn't see because the first picture looked a little greenish. Chances are is it's a V. Nason whale with a tail that is different than their usual ones. Their usual whales just have the simple V. Your whale has a tail that fans out and flips over a bit. I like this form of tail much more. Quite a few companies did the smoky glass, so I wouldn't want to say anything definite without finding a design that is like yours.
Title: Re: Can anyone idenyify the maker of this glass whale, Nason?
Post by: maureene on March 06, 2011, 02:28:20 AM: Thank you for your reply , it seems to be either Nason or viking glass so I am getting close , I really appreciate all the help finding the maker of this piece ,Best wishes to everyone.