Something’s Fishy Here

My associate and I found this very interesting glass fish.

The fish appears to me to be blown glass.

I say appears because it’s hollow and the nose has a hole in it

I assume that’s where the blowing took place.

Now I’m no expert on,,,well much of anything but I know this is ~~very old~~ primitive

because my associate is very finicky

and would never be so interested in something very new.

I’ve searched the Internets looking for something similar with no luck,

any help on the origin of such a fish would be appreciated.

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on July 25, 2007 at 3:20 pm Comments (9)

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On July 25, 2007 at 4:37 pm jayfan said:

Beautiful! I think it’s Russian…post 1940’s though. Did it come with a stand?

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On July 25, 2007 at 9:46 pm momsgarage said:

Thanks JayFan
I’ll be rushin’ to find out !

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On April 6, 2008 at 7:18 pm Susan said:

Try searching for Murano End of the Day blown glass fish. And I have also seen Russian blown glass fish that are similar. Hope this helps.

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On April 7, 2008 at 11:36 am momsgarage said:

Thanks will do

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On June 3, 2008 at 11:25 am tracey said:

Hi please could you let me know what you find out please, as I have two of this fish which I know are old and where left to me by my father who sadley has passed way, there are stuck in my attic,
many thank

tracey

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On November 25, 2009 at 8:51 pm tasha said:

OMG, that is sooo funny!!
I grew up in Poland and I remember a fish market that my mom and I used to go to that had fish like that on the display.
I tried to find them online because even though it looks kinda tacky, I remember wanting one as a little girl…to no avail!

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On March 16, 2010 at 7:06 pm rosey said:

These FISH are ALTAGLASS, a Canadian Glass Company. I am almost 100% sure of it. Check out this link of ALTAGLASS FISH HERE (there are 2 pages)

http://altaglass.ca/index.php?set_albumName=Fish&option=com_gallery&Itemid=30&include=view_album.php

You can browse around there more to see Glass examples of other stuff they made too, but like I said — I am almost 100% sure your Fish is ALTAGLASS.

thanks – hope that helped.

Rosey (from Canada)

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On March 16, 2010 at 7:20 pm rosey said:

…..and it could be — would be MURANO GLASS, and End of the Day colors used. Check either site. you are the closest to it to see exactly what it looks like.

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On March 16, 2010 at 11:21 pm momsgarage said:

Thanks so much.
with spring ready to sprung I’ll get back to the garage

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