Cranberry Glass with Copper Bird Figurine
Resting pigeon-like bird in solid glass with copper aventurine. Hand-blown and hand-tooled in cranberry and clear sommerso glass with jet black eyes and crown. Drops of copper/gold aventurine are encased between the glass layers to decorated the breast. Black glass eyes and crown are applied to the body. The tail and nose are drawn from the body.
Weighs 1.5 lbs. Measures 6.25″ long and 5″ tall to tip of crown. In excellent condition with old worn felt protecting the base.
Maker unknown at this time. Probably of Italian (Murano) or Nordic (Scandinavia area) descent. Age unknown, but not new. The felt circles have shrunk uniformly showing the age of the felt to be at least 10 years. Probably made in the 1960’s-1970’s.
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