In the Sixties and early Seventies these Murano glass fish were more common than haddock!
They were everywhere. On mantlepieces, window sills and shelves.
I have to admit I quite liked them.
Nowadays I sometimes see them floating round charity shops, a casualty of kitsch nets.
Were there glass fish in your home readers?
Maybe you gave one as a Christmas present!
No glass fish but Teak animals were a thing in our house (and others in that time period). I still have my Mum's Teak Rhino and Hippo!
ReplyDeleteYes I remember those wooden animals Kev! ha ha. My Mum and Dad's house was like the serengeti with all the wooden wildebeast everywhere! At least I think they were wildebeast!
DeleteKitsch makes me smile, Woodsy. A few years ago I had a rare and colourful Murano fish which I landed at a car boot. I accidentally knocked it off a shelf and broke it whilst doing a spot of dusting. I was gutted.
ReplyDeleteha ha! As long as the fish wasn't gutted Tone! Dusting is a risky business!
DeleteYou're so right, Woodsy. Not only is dusting a risky business, I'd go as far as to say say that dusting is the 'hidden assassin' of our fragile collectibles. Take the duster out of the hand and you have a lethal horizontal chopping motion. Kinda like a dark domestic martial art!
DeleteLeave that dust alone!
DeleteNo glassy fishes here. My mum had Blue Mountain Pottery everwhere. Dolphins, horses, swans, elephants, bears....
ReplyDeleteVery nice Timmy. Not heard of Blue Mountain. Was it nice stuff?
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