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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ritzyvintage, post: 3651938, member: 18191&quot;]When examples of the larger of these two sculptures began to appear at auction houses (some 35+ years ago) they commanded high prices due to their rarity. The &quot;original&quot; maker still remains a mystery although Daum, France has often been thought to be a possible contender. </p><p><br /></p><p>Moving forward another 10 years the smaller examples started to appear, in both non-coloured crystal and Selenium pink glass which by comparing to the larger sculpture determined they were produced by the same factory. Light Aqua-Blue examples then suddenly appeared, and also (though scarcer) in Amber glass too, however there are subtle differences to &#039;the feel&#039; of these modern-day examples and they also tend to carry adhesive paper labels naming the factory as &quot;<i>Cristallin</i>, Italy.&quot;&nbsp; It is probably the case that <i>Cristallin</i> now own the original moulds of these sculptures, but I would certainly like to know the original maker and/or their country of origin? </p><p><br /></p><p>I have often wondered if they originated from USA? I&#039;ve had examples of the larger sculpture adapted as a lamp with period/vintage metal mounts &amp; USA made electrical fittings which were not modern-day and dated from the 1930s. The non-coloured example (as shown below) also has a metal screw-fixing hole integrally moulded in the glass at time of manufacture. The hole is not evident upon other examples... I have however, seen an example with two holes on its base with metal rods/pegs inserted to secure the sculpture to a marble display stand and to prevent the glass from toppling over. </p><p><br /></p><p>If you have <u>any</u> ideas as to who originally designed or made these sculptures it would be greatly appreciated. Anything positive to assist further research about either piece would be a blessing.</p><p style="text-align: center"> [ATTACH=full]308804[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]308805[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]308806[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]308807[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]308808[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]308809[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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