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A SIGNED "SABINO" FRENCH OPALESCENT GLASS SQUIRREL FIGURINE!

A WONDERFUL AND DELIGHTFUL SIGNED "SABINO FRANCE" OPALESCENT GLASS SQUIRREL FIGURINE. THIS LOVELY FIGURINE HAS A NICE OPALESCENT COLOR TO THE GLASS WITH GREAT DETAILS TO THE FUR OF HIS TAIL, THE EARS, HIS ACORN HE IS NIBBLING ON AND THE FEATURES OF HIS FACE. THE EXTERIOR BOTTOM OF THE BASE IS SIGNED IN SCRIPT "SABINO" - FOR THE WELL KNOWN FAMOUS FRENCH GLASS MAKER AND "FRANCE" - FOR THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN. THIS ORIGINAL SABINO OPALESCENT GLASS SQUIRREL MEASURES 3 INCHES TALL BY 2 INCHES WIDE AND HAS A NICE HEFTY WEIGHT OF 3.6 OUNCES OF FINE FRENCH OPALESCENT GLASS. THERE ARE NO REPAIRS WITH NONE NEEDED, NO CHIPS, NO CRACKS AND NO STAINS. THESE SUPERB 100% ORIGINAL VINTAGE SIGNED "SABINO" PIECES ARE SCARCELY FOUND AND BECOMING ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND AT ANY PRICE BUT I HAVE AS ALWAYS STARTED THIS WITH A VERY LOW OPENING  BID TO MAKE IT AFFORDABLE TO EVERYONE WHO ADORES RARE VINTAGE SABINO ITEMS! THIS HAS BEEN SAFELY STORED IN MY DISPLAY CABINET FOR A MANY YEARS WHEN I HAD ACQUIRED IT FROM AN ESTATE I HANDLED OF A WELL KNOWN COMPOSER WHO HAD A HOME IN MALIBU, CALIFORNIA AND HAS SINCE BEEN PART OF MY PERSONAL COLLECTION OF RARE FRENCH GLASS ITEMS WHICH IS FOR THE FIRST TIME BEING OFFERED TO ALL THE WONDERFUL EBAY COLLECTORS WHO APPRECIATE ONLY THE FINEST EXAMPLES OF ORIGINAL SIGNED "SABINO" FRENCH OPALESCENT GLASS. THESE NOT VERY OFTEN SEEN PIECES ARE VERY SELDOM FOUND AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THIS HAS BEEN OFFERED AS IT WAS NEVER IN MY STORE INVENTORY BUT KEPT AT HOME. I AM GETTING UP THERE IN YEARS JUST TURNING 80 YEARS YOUNG AND HAVE CLOSED MY STORE SO NOW IT IS TIME FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO CHERISH MY PERSONAL TREASURES AND TAKE THE SAME CARE THAT ONLY A LOVER OF REAL ANTIQUES & VINTAGE ITEMS CAN PROVIDE MY FAVORITE POSSESSIONS. I HOPE THIS WILL BE ENJOYED AND TREASURED FOR AS MANY YEARS AS I HAVE PRIDED HAVING IT IN MY HOME. ENJOY AND HAPPY BIDDING!

Sabino Glass from the
Glass Encyclopedia

Discussion of Sabino Glass:
Sabino Glass was and still is, made in France to the designs of Marius Ernest Sabino. Sabino himself was born in Sicily in 1878 but went to France at the age of four. He followed his father's footsteps in training originally as a sculptor, and that early training can be detected in the exquisite figurines that he sculpted to make the molds for his glass designs.

Sabino fought for the French in the first world war, and after the war he recognised the commercial opportunities for glass products in the newly-emerging electric-lighting industry. The company he set up made lighting products (lampshades, lamps, glass panels, etc) and a range of opalescent glass vases and statuettes. They had retail outlets in Paris as well as their production facilities. They won prizes at all the major international exhibitions between the two world wars.

Sabino's opalescent glass had a higher arsenic content than most of his competitors, and we understand that after the war the constituents of Sabino glass were changed to reduce the arsenic content. This is one of the ways in which post-war Sabino glass might be distinguished from earlier production pieces. It is said to feel and look different, pre-war Sabino glass is softer and feels "soapy" (a difference that could be detected in a laboratory). But not everyone has the opportunity to handle enough Sabino glass to know the difference. And there have been conflicting statements made about the constituents of later Sabino glass.

Originally Sabino glass was either marked "Sabino France" because it was intended for export, or "Sabino Paris" if it was intended for sale within France. Post-war production has all been made in France and then exported to the USA. The larger pieces still carry the "Sabino Paris" signature, which was etched onto the base of the pieces. Smaller pieces are marked "Sabino France" moulded into the side of the item. The Sabino Company still sells early stock of some items which can no longer be made because the moulds were destroyed.

"Verart" and "Vernox" were two other trade marks used by Sabino during the 1930's. They were developed to compete in the cheaper market for opalescent glass that had been opened up by companies like Holophane (trademark "Verlys").

The war starting in 1939 called a halt to all Sabino production, and after the war Marius Ernest Sabino handed over the management of the company to his nephew/adopted son Monsieur Gripoix-Sabino. Marius Ernest died in 1961, by which time Sabino was again producing opalescent glass using the same moulds that he had designed. All their output was exported to the USA.

In 1978 Mr. Gripoix-Sabino sold the entire Sabino operation (moulds, factory, designs, rights and glass formulae) to the company's American agent Richard Choucroun and his "Sabino Crystal Company". This company has continued to produce Sabino Art Glass in France using the same moulds, the same factory, and the same processes, exporting all their output to the USA, and distributing it world-wide from their head office in Houston, Texas. So their production is it is not reproduction, but rather continuous production.

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