Topic: A Murano Snail... Vaseline with colored Pinwheel shell.. Maker??

[obscurities]

Trying to help a friend out with an ID on a recent acquisition....  Measures approx 7 inches long, 5 inches tall, and the shell is about 3.5 inches across.....  Any ideas??

TIA
Craig

[Lustrousstone]

No idea but it needs to come and live at my house... :mrgreen:

[pamela]

Is it just me seeing something, or is there a signature L HV on the beast ?   :pb:

[antiquerose123]

Is it just me seeing something, or is there a signature L HV on the beast ?   :pb:

.....up on its neck?  I see what you mean too.  I can see  it too. 

Or is that just imperfections in the glass  

[obscurities]

I think it is an illusion... the owner would have mentioned it if they were there... he is pretty detailed oriented....

Craig

[chopin-liszt]

It could be because the uranium shows up things in glass better in photographs than it does in reality. I can see the letters clearly - and they look to be in the same "handwriting" - bit of an oddity for a fluke of the light.

It wasn't until I tried photographing a bird with an uranium streak, one day when the sun poked it's nose out for a few minutes, that I discovered a subtle blue streak in it as well. :pb:

Perhaps you should show your friend the photo, Craig - see if he can find the letters once he knows where they are. The L might be a Z, with the top bar of the letter unseen/absent.

[antiquerose123]

Yup, the camera can see more than the eye can see sometimes --- I have found that out too, even with heavy glazes on Ceramics.

Worth asking him (or her) 

[obscurities]

I contacted the owner of the snail and the initials are an optical illusion... not on the piece.....

Craig