Topic: Identification of glass sculpture

[JaynLone]

This item has been donated to St Helena Hospice to sell. We are trying to value it but so far have been unable to do so. On the bottom of the sculpture the maker's Christian name appears to be Sue but we cannot make out the surname.

If anyone has any idea of the value we would be grateful.

Thank you

[chopin-liszt]

Hello and welcome.
Would you try rubbing a little smidgen of talcum powder over the signature with your thumb, and take a photograph of it at an angle, so that it can be seen?
Some of us might recognise it.
I don't recognise the work at all, I'm afraid.

Values are very subjective, we don't tend to discuss them, but for a charity shop, we might be more helpful at suggesting a ball-park figure, but as I'm sure you know, it would then be up to your customers to decide to pay that amount. What a charity shop can get is not always the top price.
(very frustrating - I was a charity shop volunteer myself, doing the bric-a-brac.)

[ahremck]

Another way to show a signature is to take the photo at a very shallow angle so the polished base appears whitish and the signature shows as black.  See a couple of photos below to illustrate what I mean.

Ross

I don't know why but the bird's wings remind me of a bowerbird.

[chopin-liszt]

It's not a bird - just a sculpture, Ross. It's just the photo makes the centre arm look bird-like.

[Spitfire Paul]

I bought some champagne glasses the other week and I too could make out what I thought was Sue. It turns out it was the beginning of the name Steuben. I'm sure somebody will put you straight.

[David E]

I was mailed with the same question, but was given the photo of the base, which I've posted here...

[rosieposie]

Has anybody asked Adam Aaronson?  He is very knowledgeable about Art glass Artists,  he may just know this one??

[shandiane78]

I would look at Elio Raffaeli and other Murano artists.

[Baked_Beans]

Bit of a wild guess here, but it looks a little in the same style as this one and the sig. is not far off ...with a bit of artistic licence thrown in for good luck Artist still unknown on this one I think .


http://www.icollector.com/Artist-Signed-Clear-Glass-Sculpture-Spriral-Swirl_i16997652

[flying free]

good find Mike it has a similar base and I think is signed Livio Seguso?  but I don't know who that is or if that's right?
I don't really like to comment on signatures any more 

googling Livio Seguso throws up many similar items.
However I know nothing about this kind of glass or whether the signature is 'true' or not.
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