Topic: Murano/ Romanian Glass Fish

[friskybadger]

Hi,

I've been collecting Murano Glass Clowns and along the way have picked up a selection of glass fish. Recently I discovered one which had a 'Made in Romania' label. It looks the same as the Murano fish. Apart from the label, how do you tell them aprt and what is the history behind the Romanian ones?

Many thanks in advance.

Mart

[Lustrousstone]

Welcome to the board. Unless they have labels how do you know your "Murano" fish really are from Murano? Perhaps they are all Romanian. The Romanian glass industry certainly isn't new and Romanian glass is often misidentified, like so much other glass, as Murano.

[keith]

Hello from me,any chance of a picture,fish and sticker please,

[friskybadger]

Hi,

The fish with the sticker is not mine, it's in a shop. I can post a photo of a similar fish. The sticker is a small round gold circle with made in Romania on it. It has three tail fins and can sit in the traditional way or upright as a vase.

The design is the same as tourist fish that you see from the seventies. I've attached a similar looking fish, same patterning.

Thanks

[Lustrousstone]

I suggest that if your fish has the same patterning as the Romanian one, it is Romanian. IMHO a majority of these large fish are Romanian

[friskybadger]

Thanks for that.

Is there a reason or history why they make identical fish? I don't think they are done as copies but as fish in their own right. I might be wrong.

Mart

[Lustrousstone]

How do you know they are identical fish? I would like to see labelled identical Murano fish, because

IMHO a majority of these large fish are Romanian

I suspect the Murano attribution is actually another of those Internet myths, i.e., "it's hand blown and hot worked so it must be Murano", a bit like the "it's got a polished pontil mark so it must be Whitefriars"

[keith]

Have yet to see a label on one of these fish,Murano or Rumania,I have about 10,here's a few,

[friskybadger]

When I say identical, I mean in styling and manufacture. I've got quite a big collection so can compare different fish. The Romanian fish is identical as in if it did not have the sticker you would call it a Murano fish. Same markings on the fins, same colourization as Murano clowns, similar size. Maybe none of the fish are from Murano?

I just wondered if there was a reason for the manufacture of fish in two different countries to be the same? Is there a story behind it?

And Keith, you are right I have only seen the one label, the Romanian one, and I've got around 10 of the things.

Mart

[friskybadger]

The big one at the back looks Romanian judging by what I've seen, although they may just copy the pattern and colours.

Mart