Octopus

Pirelli lampwork.
1959 catalogue page 17.
Manufacturer: Pirelli Glass Ltd
Description

Made at Pirelli's Potters Bar works.

Catalogue example has 6 or 7 legs.

6 tentacles 75mm (3") high

5 tentacles 36mm (1¼") high

n.b. Head/body is flattened.

Mostly designed by Edward Robbins, a scientific glassmaker who later emigrated to Canada and continued to create lampwork figures in a Mall.

All of the figures are shown in the Glass Zoo and mostly with multiple views and examples of actual figures. On request, I will add colour examples here but otherwise just use the catalogue images here.