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<p>[QUOTE="wlwhittier, post: 4485519, member: 76316"]~4½" high, ~3" balloon diameter, ~2⅝" foot diameter; ~870 grams. There's no indication of age; no fine scratches on the foot, no soil...nothing. It seems an almost impossible task to create such delicate work in a viscous molten medium. If the artist was paid adequately just for their time, you would think it a very costly bauble.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don't recall when or where it came to me...nor what I may have given to possess it. I do know <i>why</i> I got it, though: I'm fascinated by things with an odd number of regular decorative features, an' I snap 'em up when I find 'em! So 9 strands of red-centered white chevron sliced florets embedded in stunning blue ribbon, alongside 9 strands of spiraled many-filament white cushion. Why, oh why isn't it signed?</p><p><br /></p><p>Is it Venetian? Is there anything about it to strongly suggest where...or when...it was made? Thanks for lookin'!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]390149[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]390150[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]390151[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]390152[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]390153[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]390154[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="wlwhittier, post: 4485519, member: 76316"]~4½" high, ~3" balloon diameter, ~2⅝" foot diameter; ~870 grams. There's no indication of age; no fine scratches on the foot, no soil...nothing. It seems an almost impossible task to create such delicate work in a viscous molten medium. If the artist was paid adequately just for their time, you would think it a very costly bauble. I don't recall when or where it came to me...nor what I may have given to possess it. I do know [I]why[/I] I got it, though: I'm fascinated by things with an odd number of regular decorative features, an' I snap 'em up when I find 'em! So 9 strands of red-centered white chevron sliced florets embedded in stunning blue ribbon, alongside 9 strands of spiraled many-filament white cushion. Why, oh why isn't it signed? Is it Venetian? Is there anything about it to strongly suggest where...or when...it was made? Thanks for lookin'! [ATTACH=full]390149[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]390150[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]390151[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]390152[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]390153[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]390154[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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