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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass Animals & Figurines => Topic started by: millarart on July 30, 2014, 06:35:39 PM
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todays wee purchase , a few Pirelli glass lampwork animals and some others too, ive no idea who made Donald Duck and don't know if Pirelli made these, there also an unusual loch ness monster who im sure was by Pirelli
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the Donald duck
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the loch ness monster, looks likes Pirelli
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I know Pirelli made Disney characters, Gary, but the Donald Duck isn't shown in Angela's 2013 Pirelli Glass calendar - it may well be Pirelli - I just can't confirm it.
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thanks Anne,
wonder if Angela will see this post
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I hope so too, Gary, as I have alerted her to the topic here for you. 8)
I have just re-read the bit on Disney characters in Angela's introductory book* on London Lampworkers, where she says, "the set of Walt Disney figures, some of which are shown in this picture" and the photo shows Lady and The Tramp, Goofy, and Mickey Mouse.
I seem to recall when we discussed these a month or so ago that she mentioned a Donald Duck. The book I have does not mention any of the other Disney characters, but I suspect they will be in the full Pirelli volume which is to follow this introductory volume.
* Source: Bowey, Angela (2013-02-18). London Lampworkers: Your Guide to Pirelli, Bimini and Komaromy Glass (London Lampworkers Trilogy) (Kindle Location 232). OAR Publishing. Kindle Edition.
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Oooh Gary, something has just occurred to me... in the 1st Glass Calendar I did for the board, for 2007, Frank supplied the image for the month of May, which shows a Pirelli Donald Duck along with a couple of other pieces of related glassware. If you don't have a copy of the 2007 Calendar file you can download a copy from here:
http://www.yobunny.co.uk/calendars/index.php 8)
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Ah Anne that's brilliant, good to see that Donald I have is infact Pirelli glass, many thanks for your help
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I think your Loch Ness Monster is right - it looks just like the beast I saw rising from the waters of Loch Ness when I was 5 years old... although I seem to remember there was some reddish colouring on the tops of the humps as well as green - it was a bit eosin glaze like, but not shiney. ;) 8)
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lol sue. still nothing from angela so they must just be rubbish lol , happy with the Donald duck one though
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I can't make out too much detail from the pics, Gary, but there seems to be a pheasant-y sort of bird there?
It has a few features that make it look as if it belongs with my Pirelli Peacock...
Have you tried turning a UV torch on any of them yet?
My peacock has uranium-glass in it, and cadmium yellow, although I've seen another with just Cadmium yellow and no U.
I was of the opinion that most Pirelli beasties had both whites and pupils in the eyes, (your DD doesn't). That is a feature I do tend to look for.
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Gary, Angela may well be away or otherwise occupied - she's a busy lady! :)
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sue ive already seen the Donald duck in link anne sent its exact same one , remember donalds face is white already making it hard to see the white of the eyes
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look at may sue=
http://www.yobunny.co.uk/calendars/2007_glass_calendar.pdf
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Gary, I was not "Doubting your Donald" in the slightest, it has been properly identified, by a trusted source. 8)
Perhaps I didn't make that clear, sorry. :-[
(I said most have them, then put your DD in brackets, as being one that doesn't)
I was only trying to add a bit of info, to assist with some of the others, in case you hadn't known about that.
It's not clear cut that if a glass beastie has both whites and pupils that it is Pirelli either, others did it too.
It's just something to be aware of.
I have a (very odd) Pirelli fish, that has some whale in its ancestry, it has orage eyes with black pupils, and some other fish with whites and pupils that I do not think have anything to do with Pirelli.
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10 of the Pirelli Disney are shown in the Glass Zoo.
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This baby pink elephant is the only lampwork animal I have with a label . It's probably of no help , but at least it has a label which is 8mm in diameter, green and says T.I FOREIGN . I haven't managed to find out anything at all about the label, importers label perhaps ? :(
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Possibly Hong Kong
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Sorry it took me so long to get to your post. There are several Pirelli's in your picture, namely:
Donald Duck, Brer Rabbit, Walking Rabbit with cane, Pheasant, Snake charmer, the tree with orange leaves and a bird, and possibly the amber coloured dog (I can't see him very well).
The Loch Ness Monster isn't Pirelli though.
This post and most of the replies were posted before my book on Pirelli Glass was published earlier this year (2016). You will find all of these items are pictured in that book. I hope this is helpful.