Folks Dr Y purchased a 'blenko lady' he now is fearful this is a reproduction. Will you be kind enough to view the photos
and make comments. If it is a Blenko Lady he wants to keep her, if not, well then she'll become a gift for someone
special.
Thank you
HJH
Hello Hillary,
This I first thought was the original blenko lady. Its very beautiful,
it stands about 15 inch high, and is peacock blue in color.
The face on stopper is more than 2 inches in diameter. There are some
chips on the base of the stopper, and one of the hands was repaired
after a damage.
I did more research I now think that this is a replica of blenko lady
by Rossini.
Any idea what this is worth? I havent seen the original blenko lady or
the replica on sale, so am happy to get this piece.
My blenko collection is growing strong. I have some rare pieces,
including the holy family by Don Shepherd and other common pieces.
Will send more pictures later.
Thanks
V
and make comments. If it is a Blenko Lady he wants to keep her, if not, well then she'll become a gift for someone
special.
Thank you
HJH
Hello Hillary,
This I first thought was the original blenko lady. Its very beautiful,
it stands about 15 inch high, and is peacock blue in color.
The face on stopper is more than 2 inches in diameter. There are some
chips on the base of the stopper, and one of the hands was repaired
after a damage.
I did more research I now think that this is a replica of blenko lady
by Rossini.
Any idea what this is worth? I havent seen the original blenko lady or
the replica on sale, so am happy to get this piece.
My blenko collection is growing strong. I have some rare pieces,
including the holy family by Don Shepherd and other common pieces.
Will send more pictures later.
Thanks
V
Below is the link with more pictures.
ReplyDeleteThanks
V
http://a-buckeye-collector.blogspot.com/2011/08/blenko-lady-replica.html
Hello,
ReplyDeletethis is the Italian copycat of the Blenko piece. The lack of an "Adam's Apple" on the stopper is key.
Still a nice piece of glass and an attractive color. Not sure of the value. The ones I have seen in the past sold for less than $100.
Well said.
ReplyDeleteI own this, perhaps I also own a fake, but I see
no difference in my lady who has a silver
sticker marked Blenko.
Bruce, Diane, Jeff, Mountain Rita
ReplyDeleteWhat do you guys think?
Ann U.
LOOKS GOOD TO ME.
ReplyDeleteNICE GLASS V.
The color is right, but given that the "adam's apple" is missing, and it looks like the stopper is not "ground," or frosted, I'd say probably not. Does it have a pronounced pontil? See the Blenko Collector's site for some comparison photos:
ReplyDeleteBlenko Collectors' site
Good luck,
Diane
I own this, it was purchased from Blenko gift shop when my children were participating in a school based trip.
ReplyDeleteAfter checking I do not have a ground stopper or frosted stopper - - - could it be not all stoppers made it to the grinder?
Ellen Mc Cormick
St Albans, WV
I paid much less than $100
I own this, it was purchased from Blenko gift shop when my children were participating in a school based trip.
ReplyDeleteAfter checking I do not have a ground stopper or frosted stopper - - - could it be not all stoppers made it to the grinder?
Ellen Mc Cormick
St Albans, WV
I paid much less than $100
I like your Italian copy if it is an italian copy.
ReplyDeleteMany companies copied designs ( still do) - enjoy your lady, assuming you didn't pay more than a hundred bucks you have a very nice piece of vintage glass.
Hilary
ReplyDeleteI've sent 5 emails to the blenko project in
last 5 weeks, thus far no response.
Are you OK?
blenko blenko blenko
I got one from VC that did not have ground stopper. This does not look like the one on blenko collector link because it does not have hourglass shape on stopper.
ReplyDeletei sold mine for 200.
ReplyDelete"Adam's apple"??!! Um, this is a lady, not a drag queen. Only men have Adam's apple's.
ReplyDeleteThis is Blenko it's just a horribly made one, almost certainly a visitor's center seconds quality piece at best. It's Blenko's Peacock color that the Italians did not make or have anything comparable to. This is the thing with Blenko; just because it's a 6525 doesn't mean its worth anything; it has to be well made. Half the Blenko made was made badly. I'd throw this one out like Blenko should have.
I own both, very little difference.
ReplyDeleteToday I am sending you photos to theblenko
email.
Gus