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Vintage Murano Sommerso Art glass Tadpole Fish Figurine Paperweight
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Vintage Murano Sommerso Art glass Tadpole Fish Figurine Paperweight

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  • This cute little fish-like thing is probably a tadpole.   It could also be a stylized guppy. 
  • It was made in sommerso; two layers of glass blown together.  Sitting next to it in image 3 is a well-known Seguso (Murano) sommerso table-lighter.  This little fishy-thing is unsigned, but it definitely is vintage Murano glass.  The colorless glass glows yellow under black-light which helps us date it to the 1960s or earlier.
  • The eyes were designed like little targets.  It's unusual to see decorative details in the eyes of figurines like this, the eyes are usually just blobs of frit in a single color. The black and pink ringed eyes are the cause of the dark reflections in the images below.
  • Measures 5 1/4" long, 1½" tall, and 1½" wide. Weighs ½ lb.  Hand-blown. The pontil mark is polished in a moon shape and serves as the base.  No chips or cracks.  There are a few small scratches near the top of it's head between the eyes, and on the surface end of it's tail. Minimal.

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