Bidspirit auction | A Collection of Glass Animal

A Collection of Glass Animal Figurines Including Villeroy and Boch and other examples - A collection of glass animal figurines and decorative objects, primarily constructed from clear lead crystal with some coloured glass examples. The group features a variety of subjects including a large elephant with a raised trunk, a horse pulling a rectangular cart, a seated cat on a frosted rectangular base, a polar bear in a walking pose, and a leaping dolphin on a frosted wave-form base. The collection also includes several birds, including a large toucan with a prominent beak, a smaller bird with a raised tail, and a duck with linear textured wing details. Other forms include a seated poodle with a frosted base, a fish with internal dark grey or green tinting, and a small snail with internal red and green swirls. The pieces exhibit a mixture of molded, pressed, and hand-finished techniques. A clear glass polar bear figurine is marked to the base with the etched name Villeroy and Boch. Other pieces bear small etched characters on the bases that are not clearly legible as names or words.