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Offline stevetheb

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Glass Birds. I think I should specalise..
« on: August 26, 2008, 03:15:10 PM »
My continual buying of glass is great, but, I'm running out of Windowsills to put it on.

So I'm think the time has come to specalise, and due to one of my other interests, I'm thinking that a collection of birds from various makers would be interesting, and not too big to fit in my small flat!

I have a selection of Whitefriars Swans and a duck..

Some Liskeard Swans and birds, birdies from Mdina and Mtarfa.. a pair from Langham..

What else should I start looking out for? Who made and classic collectible birds?

Anyone have any suggestions?

Ta muchly - Steve

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Re: Glass Birds. I think I should specalise..
« Reply #1 on: August 26, 2008, 04:40:15 PM »
Look for a large heron by Fulvio Bianconi for Vennini its standing on a cone , i have one it is my numero uno .
i believe the range is called aquatico . Loads of money though .

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Re: Glass Birds. I think I should specalise..
« Reply #2 on: August 26, 2008, 10:00:56 PM »
Birds - Vistosi, what else! Good book is Dolez - Glass Animals. For more affordable you could join the Glass Zoo  ;)

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Re: Glass Birds. I think I should specalise..
« Reply #3 on: August 27, 2008, 07:26:04 AM »
Not quite as swish as the Italian makers, Holmegaard made a series of inexpensive novelty / frigger bird figures in the early 1970s that were only available through their factory shop... along with stylised swans and huge horse figures, but I've yet to acquire any of these latter beasts.

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Re: Glass Birds. I think I should specalise..
« Reply #4 on: August 27, 2008, 10:46:13 AM »
"So I'm think the time has come to specalise, and due to one of my other interests, I'm thinking that a collection of birds from various makers would be interesting, and not too big to fit in my small flat!"


Hah! Stevetheb, I have to tell you that 'birds'  will swamp your home in no time at all. I thought the same as you, and decided on "just birds from now on"......so far, a collection of Scandinavian birds, a huge collection of Langham birds, with some duplicates because they are all individually unique, a beautiful collection of Murano glass aventurine, latticino, millefiori and bullicanti birds, Selkirk ducks, Isle of Wight azurene, Isle of Man azurene, Granna glass, Chris Dodds Tweedsmuir, Leerdam, etc, etc,............. need I go on......?
So take care....they take over the house!  Might I suggest you pick just one or two manufacturers, and TRY to stick to those? They are addictive.....trust me!
Rosie.

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Re: Glass Birds. I think I should specalise..
« Reply #5 on: October 12, 2010, 06:21:43 PM »
Well Stevetheb....WHAT DID YOU DECIDE??????

Or are you too scared to tell??

Ha.....my collection is still growing!
Rosie.

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Re: Glass Birds. I think I should specalise..
« Reply #6 on: October 12, 2010, 06:30:56 PM »
Well ummmm.. I have quite a lot more birds.. but I've not stopped buying other glass that catches my eye. I had a nice Whitefriars soda glass barrel vase in Ruby on Saturday.. so yep.. I still have way too much and have run out of windowsills, so stuck some in boxes and stashed it away...  maybe the time has come to sell some?

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Re: Glass Birds. I think I should specalise..
« Reply #7 on: October 12, 2010, 06:50:24 PM »
"so stuck some in boxes and stashed it away...  maybe the time has come to sell some?"

I have a confession as well....there are at least six boxes stashed away in our spare room....BIG BOXES!!  and this week I have bought at least four more glass pieces, but I have started to sell some.  It is AGONY opening a box and looking at the lovely glass pieces and deciding what I can sell....then hoping they don't sell, then weeping as I pack them cos they did sell!! :'( :'(
One important word of warning to all though....and this is SERIOUS....I had some beautiful glass on a sunny windowsill, and when I went to dust them the wood was scorched black from reflected sun....this could potentially have started a fire!! :o

Worse than that, I had to confess to my husband what damage had been done and what caused it!!  He is very tolerant, but I got look number 43 (Very cross indeed!) :-[
Rosie.

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Re: Glass Birds. I think I should specalise..
« Reply #8 on: October 12, 2010, 07:27:11 PM »
oh, and by the way Steve, don't forget the long tailed Stennett Wilson Wedgwood bird  -  very nice. :)

Rosie - how do we arrive at choosing the no. 43 for being cross........no. 69 I know, but that's not really cross - although I suppose it could be if your wife finds out ;)

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Re: Glass Birds. I think I should specalise..
« Reply #9 on: October 12, 2010, 10:42:51 PM »
Well Paul it is like this....
Once upon a time, in a far distant land, somebody smiled and that became look number 1.  Then somebody frowned and that became look number 2.....and so on until one day somebody had a thunderous look of anger and despair and that was look number 43, because it came after look number 42, which was a sheepish grin of contrite apology.  It is very complicated and we don't expect everybody to understand the difference between 'looks' numbers and 'positions' numbers, but I can assure you that 'look' number 50 is the last one, whilst I understand that there are 77 'positions'.
I expect this will get censored now!! :-[
Rosie.

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