Re: Glit (Iceland)

by **denbydump** November 4th 2018, 12:54 pm

We have a couple of threads, this one has animals

https://www.20thcenturyforum.com/t13483-einar-gumundsson-and-gumundur-einarsson-iceland

by **NaomiM** November 4th 2018, 1:51 pm

Very nice. I’ve not seen an ox before Most Excellent

by **Bitsnbobs** November 4th 2018, 1:54 pm

I thought it was a buffalo or bison but was told it was a musk ox!! Didn’t realise there were so many similar beasts! What others have you seen? Am having problems finding maker!

by **NaomiM** November 4th 2018, 2:00 pm

Unfortunately there’s not much information around

by **denbydump** November 4th 2018, 3:46 pm

Pretty certain it's a Musk Ox

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muskox

Interestingly it says they were introduced to Iceland in the 1930s, but did not survive.

by **Bitsnbobs** November 23rd 2018, 4:26 pm

Just an update. I sold this musk ox to someone in Iceland. I had it confirmed by her that it was a musk ox and that it was by Glit Pottery & it was a very rare piece. She has only seen one before, but she didn’t say when!

by **denbydump** November 9th 2019, 4:16 pm

Only piece I've ever found to date.

by **Grumpy Grandad** April 1st 2020, 5:05 pm

Just to keep you all busy...
6 inches high and 1 1/2 inches across the base drip-glazed vase, very well made and with added clay to simulate...not sure what, possibly lava, rough bark or maybe fungii on a tree trunk?
The impressed mark is likely a flower but I can also imagine it being a smoking volcano or even Snoopy's bird friend Woodstock (or maybe this isolation lark is affecting my mind!).
Over to you....

by **NaomiM** April 1st 2020, 5:06 pm

THe mark is a volcano. I believe it’s Glit Pottery, Iceland.

by **Grumpy Grandad** April 1st 2020, 5:13 pm

Wow! One-minute I.D.
Sometimes I think you've had image recognition software downloaded directly to your brain Big Laughter

Thanks, Naomi.

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