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Glass Discussion & Research. NO IDENTIFICATION REQUESTS here please. => Germany => Topic started by: Della on January 14, 2007, 01:28:18 PM
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Hi all,
I found this little chap in Belgium today and wondered if anyone could please provide any information about him, age, maker, use etc.
The whole thing is 4.5" in height.
(http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/albums/userpics/10026/thumb_bird.jpg) (http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-4554)(http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/albums/userpics/10026/thumb_birdbase.jpg) (http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-4553)(http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/albums/userpics/10026/thumb_birdin.jpg) (http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-4552)
:o Click to enlarge :o
I know nothing about birds either, except the robin that lives in our garden.
Thanks in advance ;D
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Happy New Year Della, to you and your family!
Your bird seems to be a REAL find to me - never seen something equal ???
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Hi Pamela, :hug:
Thank you and I wish you and your family a wonderful, healthy and prosperous New Year, continuing throughout 2007!
I have seen 1 more, identical, on ebay, but it is also not attributed to anyone and is described as being a paperweight.
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I think this is a charming item - most intriguing.
Just for info (but it doesn't help to attribute / identify this one, I'm sorry :-\) there was a "bird in a cage" made in Carnival Glass by Summit Art Glass around 3 or 4 years ago. Unlike yours, Della, the Summit one is a solid item, and the little bird inside the cage is part of the moulded pattern.
I wish I could add some useful information - sorry I can't :-[
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I suspect it is Bohemian, but that is really a stab in the dark based on it being an unknown.
I have my own creature in a 'cage' though mine is a snake and part of a glass and lampwork http://www.ysartglass.com/Frank/JulesLang.htm
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What a neat piece, Della.
It reminds me of those canary in a cage automated music boxes which are usually brass with a little canary inside.
Is the base recessed enough that it could have held a musical mechanism?
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Thanks for your replies,
Glen: :hug:
I am not sure what you mean by solid, if you mean that the dome is non-removable, the one on my piece isn't either. I called it a dome for want of a better word. I have tried googling Summit, but can't find anything along these lines.
Frank:
I love the glass in the link you gave, really unusual. ;D
I will do some searching today, using the Bohemian angle, thanks.
Connie: :D
The recess is a sort of 8 sided pyramid and is about 1" rising to 1.25," in the middle, deep. I thought when I bought it that it was supposed to 'sit' on something as there is a slight lip on the underside that gives the impression that it could have been the top piece of something. It is extremely heavy, so I ruled out a lid to a dish. ::)
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Hi Della - I haven't had a coffee yet, so I'm not really compos mentis :o
The little bird on the one I have seen (it was in an antique shop in the Cotswolds, but I know the piece was made in the USA) is a figure that is moulded onto the piece. It's a covered jar really - but the "trompe l'oeuil" effect makes one think that it is a bird in a cage. The lid is an inverted V shape (like a coolie hat) on top of the circular jar. The pattern moulded around the outside of the jar makes it look like a bird cage with a little bird inside.
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Aha.... now I get what you mean (I have just had my coffee :-[ ).
Thank you, Glen :-*
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Some more ideas. Unlike Glen, I have been up since 2 am and had 2 big cups of coffee ;D
Could be part of the Hofbauer Byrdes series, although your piece looks better? made. I don't know how long Hofbauer has been in business or when that series started. I tried searching for history of the company but wasn't successful and Ivo's book didn't have a listing.
Another thought is a candy container. The kind that was filled with those little pastel balls of candy and had a cardboard lid/bottom.
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Isn't that gorgeous, Della! Connie, my immediate thought was Hofbauer as well -
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220069251122
From memory, Hofbauer have been out of business from the 1970s - but that's just something I read on the net and should be taken with appropriate scepticism.
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It is Hofbauer, from the Byrde range.
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Connie, Cathy & Sue :hug: :hug: :hug:
You are all stars!! ;D ;D
Thank you ever so much. :-* :-* :-*
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Just out of interest:
Della, is there no signature on your singing caged bird - as stated in the eBay listing mentioned earlier? And could you confirm that the dome is not a separate item (that is, it doesn't come off the base).
As an aside, here's a couple of Lovebirds in a Cage that is a paperweight:
http://www.kevh.clara.net/exhib99/Modern/Scottish/Caithness/ModCaithnessBird28.htm
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Dated 1981 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230046972092 several in eBay shops
Could I have (larger) copies of the pictures for the Zoo please Della
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Hi Kev, ;D
I can find no signature whatsoever, and I have looked, believe me. The dome definitely does not come off, not on the one that I have anyhow.
I have seen one that has a label on, where on the label it says Hofbauer c1981.
What a gorgeous paperwieight :mrgreen:
Oh course you can, Frank. What pixel size would you like me to use? These are just web size.
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Full size uncompressed preferred please.
Perhaps the lid has just got stuck.
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I shall allow the little blighter to stand in some luke warm soapy water and see if the top comes of. ;D
I will take photos first though, just in case something goes wrong.
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There is a new twist to this one, it would appear that the name was changed to Amaris Crystal and that this is in fact a brand name of Nachtmann, who themselves are a part of the Riedel Glassworks now. The question remains if Hofbauer was also just a trade name... seems quite likely.
This item might still be in production but info is hard to find...
http://www.rautmann.de/goods/amaris/index_amaris_e.htm