Help ID this Goebel snail

Hi,
I have this huge (well 7" long 6" high) snail. It has a tattered Goebel sticker but i do not know if it original to the piece. I have been looking at Goebel snails but they are all smaller and do not look like this one. I bought it 7 or 8 years ago at a house sale for 2 dollars. It is extremely heavy glass with a satinized shell. The bottom is slightly concave.
Can anyone help with this piece?
Thanks,
greg

 

Could you post a photograph of the "tattered" sticker? Helpful for dating.

Debora

 

Hi Debra,
The metal sticker has all of the color off of it except for blue lettering saying Goebel. It has a large V but no Bee in it or above it. It is on the second photo.
greg

 

I did, of course, mean a close-up photograph.

Debora

 

Hi Debora,
My camera will not take a closer view. It is only a 2megpixel. There used to be a couple of letters on the top ....harlot.... which I took as Charlotte.
The rest washed off when I washed it when I first got it several years ago.
greg

 

Hi Greg! I found a pair of Goebel Rose Candlesticks on eBay with a foil label that they say says "Western Germany Charlottenhutte". Unfortunately, they do not show the label itself.
Don

 

The last picture on this listing shows a round foil label that looks like it might be yours. If not permitted, admin, please delete.
Don
http://www.ebay.com/itm/191524015017

 

Hi Don,
Thanks for the information. Still no closer for an ID though.
greg

 

Greg, here's a big snail with a Goebel sticker and also seems to be marked on the bottom with copyright 1978 and the Goebel logo... Etched or engraved, the description doesn't make it clear.

Worthpoint: Heavy Goebel Glass Snail Paperweight signed and dated 1978 NR
Sold Date: Nov 09, 2011

 

Hi Laura,
That is the one!!!!! Thank you very much. I wonder what it sold for? I would never call this a paper weight. It is too big and heavy. Mine is not marked and sits very stable. I have looked for years but only seen the smaller ones. I wonder who the designer was? So many questions, I was beginning to think the sticker was added on and not really Goebel.
greg

 

Darn, I wish yours was permanently marked on the bottom, too. The seller at the WorthPoint link says it weighs just shy of 5.5 pounds, so these are heavy little chunks. The measurements match too. 6 inches ht x 7 inches long.

I also tried the LiveAuctioneers site, but couldn't find any there, so have no access to any "sold for" prices so far. Maybe there is a Goebel site somewhere out there where a person could at least find the original retail price for these big, heavy glass snails.

At least you now know the copyright date is 1978.

 

Hi Laura,
At least I know for sure it is Goebel. I was beginning to think it was a stuck on sticker since in 10 years I never found anything about it.
greg