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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: Ivo on December 15, 2006, 11:00:40 AM
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(http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/albums/userpics/10056/thumb_satinfish_small.jpg) (http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-4340)
Here is a grumpy fish, very well made and satinated. I thought it must be Barolac as it has that kind of quality - but so far it could not be confirmed.
Does anyone have the Weil catalogue by any chance?
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Hi Ivo, hpw about Verlys, or Underwood, although i think i'm right in that all of their pieces were signed :-\ maybe Sevres, again mostly signed, not much help, sorry, Sue.
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No idea on a maker, but it looks like a puffer fish to me. Although, I've always thought of puffer fish as cheery little souls...
According to Wikipedia, puffer fish are one of few kinds of fish that can blink or close their eyes, and many species can change the color or intensity of their patterns in response to environmental changes, like a chameleon. And apparently, "dolphins have been observed using puffer fish as a sort of toy in the wild. They tease the puffer fish with their teeth, causing the small fish to become alarmed and then inflate. After a while the fish calms down and deflates, thus starting the cycle over again. It is speculated that dolphins may also enjoy the mild numbing effect from small amounts of the puffer fish toxin."
OK, OK, I'm off to the cafe...
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No Fish in my Weil's
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Hi Ivo,
I've been giving this some thought. It does not strike me, looking at what little is available as frosted animals from Barolac as consistent. That being the case, whilst I would not preclude Jablonec, I think this is quite possibly French, and the moulding appears to be of similar quality to that done by Frankenhauser. Naturally you have already considered Lalique, but there may be others?
By the way what size is this? Large /small enough for a car mascot? (That was dumb, size is stated with image!!!! "Stupid boy, Pike"!!!)
Regards,
Marcus
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Heidi, i am more than touched by your contribution - thank you! Please do not escape to the cafe, although you will be most welcomed there also!
Is it a question of Putzer-fishes please? These seem to be under water by nature in order to relieve the big ones ??? ;)
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BUT: Ivo's it not a putzer fish really I am afraid
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It's one of those undersea people from Stingray...
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Ivo, thinking of companies such as Etling, though probably not Sabino,and possible artists:
M Le Verrier, Elie Ottavy, Maurel, F Bazin and Bourdelle, some of which were known to design glass items.
Etling did glass and metal mascots, and according to mascotmania.com, for top-end vehicles. If you visit that, and do the drop down box of glass mascots, the Lalique Perche is there, and looking at the definition on that, and comparing your piece, I think, very little difference in quality of detail.
Regards,
Marcus
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Pamela, I thought everyone knew that a putzer fish is a larvophilic mouthbrooding cichlid... ;)
(It lays its eggs in a cave in typical apisto fashion. When the eggs hatch the female puts the larvae in her mouth and carries them with her. When feeding, she puts the
larvae in a secluded spot, eats and then picks up the larvae again. Once the
larvae become freeswimming fry the female tends them in typical apisto fashion,
never allowing them into mouth except when picking one or two up to bring them
back to the school. Apparently...)
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Ivo, on the base at the front of the fish is what looks like some kind of faded lettering, or is that just surface wear?.
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accumulated dust I'm afraid....
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Ferjac, France c1930's. generally signed & also seen in opalescent.
Steven
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Thanks Mosquito - that is a most surprising outcome. I've not come across Ferjac pieces before - but I'm delighted that it is.
;D ;D ;D
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Ivo, Steven,
Usual candidate, number 260065447049, signed to rear right hand side, looking at it head-on.
Regards,
Marcus
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great news, Steven, thank you!
Heidi, so what on earth is a puffer fish please?
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Hi, Pamela.
They're fish that look perfectly ordinary until they're alarmed, when they puff themselves up until they're almost spherical - see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puffer_fish (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puffer_fish). I lived in Egypt for a while and used to go diving in the Red Sea and used to see them there sometimes - extremely cute.
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great news, Steven, thank you!
Heidi, so what on earth is a puffer fish please?
and the Japanese fugu is one type apparently...
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/theme/food/food_fugu.htm
The fugu fish - sometimes known as the puffer fish, globefish or, in simple fishing parlance, the 'blowie' - has over 100 different types worldwide, and they're all as poisonous as hell. For instance, the fugu rubripes (the species most served up as dinner fare) is 1250 times more deadly than cyanide, and the toxin found in an average fugu fish can kill up to 30 adults.