Can anyone help me confirm – Is this Murano Glass?

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Any other possible makers?

I did a search under Mariachi Murano and Murano Sombrero and could not find anything similar.

https://imgur.com/gallery/hhW4gIy?s=sms

Thanks

[Antique Frog]

Looks to me like lampwork by a street vendor- typically they make animals, like giraffes, using a blowtorch.

The Venetians have just fined a German couple 700 dollars for making coffee in the street, so I don’t think they allow street vendors! Even ones with snorkels.

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You lost me AF – what is lampwork? And where are you saying it’s from?

I don’t get the joke! Whats this about snorkles?

[Antique Frog]

Sorry- lampwork is when glass is melted using a heat source like a blowtorch and then manipulated with tongs to make figures. They look Mexican to me (sombreros). I’ve got some animals which were made and sold by someone working in the street in the Polish seaside resort of Sopot. A friend brought them back- you told him what you wanted and he made it on the spot

The “streets” in Venice (where Murano glass comes from) are canals. So you’d need to breathe through a snorkel if you wanted to stand in the street!

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HA!

I learn so much from this forum every single day.

Yeah they are definitely Mexican figures, just didn’t know if that meant they were made in mexico. I’ll read up more on lampwork. Thanks!

[MDC Galleries & Fine Art]

Hey: I would also recommend some reading on a couple of books by the Kovels. For decades have been the go to place for all things antique and rare. We have a book they published on foreign glass pieces.

Looking at these figures the word Murano would not have even entered our minds. Many artisians and founderies have certain styles that are associated with their brand and these stick figures would not have filled that vision of Murano Glassworks or any of the artisans whom filled thier stalls in the foundry that we can recall.

The kovel books also have a beautiful full color book on Depression glass. But those books, which may be in your local library contain colorful photos and the styles of glass pieces.

But when thinking of Tiffany, Limoges, Murano, Rooseville [pottery], et. al. these types of figures would not have jumped into our minds.

Also I would suggest trying a search on Worthpoint.com and just use glass mexican figures and see what you get.

Good luck. If I get time after my wife’s treatment today I will see if I can find anything for you also. You can also check our online store and look at a few Murano pieces we have. May help get a lock on Murano styles for you.

Mike at MDC Galleries and Fine Art in Atlanta

[Antique Frog]

If you can view the BBC version of “Antiques Roadshow” the resident glass expert Andy McConnell is worth watching. Skip the bits with the presenter Fiona Bruce unless you enjoy (quote) “self-satisfied, complacent smugness”!

[Inglewood]

The BBC version is aired several times a week in the U.S. (on PBS) and Canada (various channels) as “British Antiques Roadshow” as not to confuse it with local versions.

I’d put Fiona at the bottom of my list of British Smugness…when she presents “Fake or Fortune” she almost seems like a normal person compared to the characters on there. To me, the king and queen of British Smugness on TV programmes is Mark Francis Vandelli and Victoria Baker-Harber on MiC. Would assume if it was 100 years ago and Mark Francis was in the trenches of WWI, he wouldn’t last a second before his own took care of him…

[Antique Frog]

I had to look him up- if his last name is Romanovsky I don’t think he would’ve been in the trenches. More likely a cellar in Ekaterinburg.

[Amatino]

I agree with Antique Frog. This looks like a Mariachi band with flamenco dancers. Cool set!

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