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Title: Murano bird ID on maker / factory please
Post by: user9318 on April 14, 2012, 12:51:27 PM

Trying to ID the maker of this (I was told) very lovely Murano bird (bird of paradise I think). It stands 11" tall approximately

I have tried searching here and on the web etc with no luck, not found anything exactly the same.

Thanks in advance

Title: Re: Murano bird ID on maker / factory please
Post by: adam20 on April 14, 2012, 03:43:55 PM

Here is avery similar reputed to be Seguso piece on eBay http://www.ebay.com/itm/LOVELY-MURANO-SEGUSO-ALABASTRO-ART-GLASS-DUCK-BIRD-ANIMAL-GREY-WHITE-FLYING-/380429794265?pt=UK_Art_Glass&hash=item589361fbd9 It is Murano I feel and could be Seguso with a mixture of alabastro and clear glass - but I'm no expert on Murano animals so someone else will be able to tell you for sure.

Thanks Adam

Title: Re: Murano bird ID on maker / factory please
Post by: user9318 on April 14, 2012, 04:06:44 PM

Thanks Adam for the reply.

I had looked at Seguso as a possibility after looking at the Murano zoo web site (I think this is TXsilver's site" as there was a similarity in style / colour to the one I have, but, again, not found an exact match!

I shall keep searching.

Title: Re: Murano bird ID on maker / factory please
Post by: TxSilver on April 15, 2012, 12:27:14 AM

The style of your bird looks like AVeM to me, but I don't know. AVeM made many birds that had the front of the crest that went down in a ridge to the bill like yours does. The shape of the body also reminds me of AVeM. I had a dog that they made that had the vanilla alabastro accents. AVeM would be my first guess for your bird, but with seeing one with a label, I don't know.

The "Seguso" bird in the link doesn't look like Seguso or Archimede Seguso to me. Some people call anything that has alabastro-like glass Seguso.

I like the tail of your bird. It is a good looking bird. If it is AVeM, it is one of the best that I've seen by them.

Title: Re: Murano bird ID on maker / factory please
Post by: user9318 on April 15, 2012, 04:36:07 AM

Thank you Anita for your reply.

I never even thought of AVeM as a possibility, I will continue my search looking at AVeM pieces to compare.

It is a lovely bird, as soon as I saw it, I had to buy it!

Thanks again for the info