Topic: Murano fish?

[Sendhandfran]

Hi, I've always thought these were Murano, but read they could be chinese.
Can anyone tell which this is?
And why?

Thank you

[Lustrousstone]

I think they are actually mostly Romanian

[Sendhandfran]

Lol. Romanian. I never knew that or could possibly of guessed.
May i ask how you tell.
I've seen so many described as Murano, i just took it that they were. It wasn't until i read a post here that found they could be Chinese.

[Sendhandfran]

Thanks Lustrestone. I can't find the post now, but it was one very like this

[flying free]

Fran there is someone on here that has a massive collection of these fish iirc.
They posted a thread with pics on. 
Some have been seen with a Romania label I believe.
If you do a board search hopefully you'll find the thread   I've not time to look at the mo, but will try later if you've not found it.
m

[Sendhandfran]

Thanks flying free. That sounds like the perfect link for this. I tried searching Murano glass fish & glass fish looking for the one very like this one here, but not found it yet.
Note to self..
if I'd posted on it i could trace it!

[flying free]

http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,28881.msg156500.html#msg156500
one link here

There is another collector on here with lots of these as well - will try and find more later

btw yours looks different to those in the link - the applied fins, rigaree looks different I think.

m

[Lustrousstone]

The slightly dull colours are typical Romanian, as is the bluish clear glass but there is a wide range of style and shape variations . Many of the "Murano" baskets are Romanian too. They are still churning them all out I think. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-MURANO-MULTI-COLOURED-GLASS-BASKET-VASE-8-INCHES-/111200966197

[Sendhandfran]

Interesting. Do you think the baskets not Murano either? Its funny how they can be misidentified so often that eventually they all become Murano.

[chopin-liszt]

I have a fabby contemporary Romanian glass fish, its label reads "Handmade by Sticlart PC3", but it's got quite a lot of metal bits attached.
It's not remotely the same as these older ones, with splodgy coloured bits throughout.
I've seen these attributed to Nialsea quite often, not that I've ever been convinced.