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Author Topic: Who made me !? - ID = Sowerby  (Read 3198 times)

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Offline bat20

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Re: Who made me !?
« Reply #20 on: August 31, 2023, 01:22:13 PM »
Hi , I mentioned a couple of posts ago that I thought it was made in some sort of industrial fashion , it’s got a bit of a Pyrex feel but i don’t know how it was made ,certainly not blown though .I just can’t get a image of the mark looking into the bowl and I’m fairly sure that’s how it was intended to be viewed ,here’s a few more images .

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Re: Who made me !?
« Reply #21 on: August 31, 2023, 09:37:42 PM »
oh nice pic. Can see the peacock now. 

See also this one from a similar period?  but I can't find it in my house at the moment so no idea what I've done with it or whether it has a mark.  I guess not but the post was a long time ago:

https://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,34721.msg187920.html#msg187920

A brown one on Etsy  but not the same as your bowl - more bottle brown glass that one.

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Re: Who made me !?
« Reply #22 on: August 31, 2023, 09:49:36 PM »
Stylistically this bowl looks similar to me to Davidson’s 531 bowl designed by J.D. Cochrane and launched in the early sixties. The main difference being that the 531 bowl has a more elongated oval shape. Something interesting I read on Chris and Val Stewart’s site (cloudglass.com) about the 531 pattern: ‘ This design was subsequently copied by other manufacturers, most noticeably Sowerby, who produced similar shaped designs in a variety of sizes.’ http://cloudglass.com/davidsonpostwar.htm

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Re: Who made me !?
« Reply #23 on: September 01, 2023, 07:35:51 AM »
Yes a much better photo showing it is the Sowerby mark. If the diameter is the same it might be the 2794 bowl shown here, the catalogue image isn't very clear. I would say it was pressed in a mould to give it it's shape and to produce the mark.

https://www.20thcenturyglass.com/glass_encyclopedia/glass_catalogues/sowerby/list41/?page=2
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Re: Who made me !?
« Reply #24 on: September 01, 2023, 08:39:09 AM »
That's definitely pressed and a Sowerby mark. Likely an old base plate was used in a 1970s product

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Re: Who made me !? - ID = Sowerby
« Reply #25 on: September 02, 2023, 06:00:53 AM »
It certainly does look like 2794 ,although it’s diameter is 8”.

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Re: Who made me !? - ID = Sowerby
« Reply #26 on: September 02, 2023, 07:33:50 AM »
The sizes given in the catalogues weren't always exact, I've had a look for a photo of a 2794 bowl but can't find one.
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