Topic: Big fish,little fish....

[keith]

Hello, looks a bit more green than blue, the body colour looks like the 'older' ones, difficult to say but I'd say not new, well very new,

[Sendhandfran]

Hi Keith & thank you. I was going to say greeny blue ( or maybe bluey green would be more accurate have you seen any with pointy fins like this, i notice yours, and others I've seen, are wavy. When you say old, how old do you think?

[keith]

Haven't  got one with pointy fins, all mine are different, this first one is quite new, I believe, the 2nd one,like yours, are I think late 50's-70's. I'm going on how long I've seen these about, some of my aunts had them in their windows years ago until they became 'unfashionable' and my aunts are getting on a bit 

[Sendhandfran]

Thanks Keith. Interesting to compare them.
Thats how i remember these too, on old relatives window sills, lol.
Its grown on me, i rather like it now. I like that its so big and can be stood upright. Funny how ones tastes can change. I find myself liking glass, ceramics, figurines, all sorts of 'granny' things, i wouldn't have looked twice at in my youth.

[Sendhandfran]

Apart from the pointy fins on mine i notice yours (and other similar ones) have a wider mouth. Mine also has fin handles. Have you seen that before?

[Sendhandfran]

Hi Keith.
Here's a photo of the other side of mine.
The fins look a bit greener in this one.
I guess turquoise or light 'bottle' green would best describe it.

[Sendhandfran]

Oops wrong photo..
Sorry Keith, i don't know how to delete a comment.
Here's the other side
Its the other photo where the fins look greener.
Here they look a bit bluer.
I guess best described as light 'bottle' green

[Sendhandfran]

I see some of yours have fin handles too. Loved your comment 'responsible' for. I guess you either love 'em or hate 'em, or they grow on you. i always thought i hated them, yet, when i saw this standing impressively upright i couldn't resist getting it. I agree with Mrs vulture its nice & certainly grown on me, there's something grotesquely alluring about them a bit like the 'cheesy' figurines i quite like now...Aaarrgg I'm turning into a grandma!

[Sendhandfran]

Mrs vulture, Cheryl, hello this is my first fish, & like your first its a biggy & cost no more than £5 from a boot sale..snap only i hope it doesn't develop into a fish obsession!

[keith]

I've 8 of these, one with a silvered interior, a green one that maybe Italian and one I think is by Walsh so I can't really say that I don't like them can I ?