Topic: Malta Decorative Glass footed swan, fish, penguin with labels !! & others !

[WhatHo!]

Wrong! Pete Elliotts stand at Shepton

[chopin-liszt]

 
Ok!

[glassobsessed]

That attenuated bottle is lovely, bulbous and freeformed and not mould blown like the later round (and square) variations from Mdina.

Here it is in Rosie's photo (amber bottle, right hand side): http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pid=16047&fullsize=1

John

[chopin-liszt]

 
That's in Cambridge.  
I wonder if he'll still have them in November. I've got a tall tall green stoppered bottle, and a massive one, but I need a short tall one.
I want a bottle too, but I want a green one. Green MDG is the bestest.

[Baked_Beans]

Gosh !! You guys 'n' gals are spot-on ...what an education this has been !!

John, I totally agree with you , my whale isn't a Boffo ! But the mottled brown one surely must be !!

Here are some more photos ....the tail is crude , thick and blobby. The head far less bulbous. Not identical at all !

The swan's head is totally wrong , and it seems the penguin has had two attempts at elongating the beak !

My examples just illustrate that Vicente Boffo was designing some fairly simple forms for his team to replicate ...to a degree !

As for those bottles ....Boffo !!

I will post some shots of the base of the swan and the label .. .. Thanks very much indeed for all the feedback. I hope my examples have added another clue to the story of MDG ! There must be  examples of Boffo MDG swans out there (better than mine!) somewhere !  Ta very much , Mike.

[Baked_Beans]

A photo of swan label ....

[chopin-liszt]

This is a pic of some of my MDG - although I suspect the Fish vase and the cut-ice lollipop may have been made at Mdina - these pieces are, I believe, by Vicente Boffo.

[Baked_Beans]

Thanks so much, Sue, for showing your superb collection ! They are all really so lovely !

I wouldn't know how to tell the difference between Mdina and MDG...without a label  !

I will try to look out for them on my glass hunting missions .

[chopin-liszt]

Amber casing would signify MDG, as would anything in green (not a colour used at Mdina).

Apart from that, it's the way the "painterly strapping" is applied - it's highly distinctive, in a sort of vague mesh or honeycomb pattern, loads of red streaks in the browns if it's an Earthtones style piece - otherwise the colours are in a very distinctive cloudy sort of pattern....

[Baked_Beans]

I've been looking for an adjective which is more subtle than subtle , but I don't think there is one. 

As soon as I find an example I will be posting it on here like a shot !!

It's all so fascinating to say the least !