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Title: Uranium pear basket - ID = Sowerby "Enid" pattern powder bowl
Post by: Simba on August 25, 2012, 10:21:20 PM
I just got this gorgeous little bowl moulded in a basket weave pattern with three pears with leaves forming the feet. Any ideas on its maker. I thought maybe Jobling  ? The rim is EPNS    :)
Title: Re: Uranium pear basket
Post by: Bernard C on August 26, 2012, 01:34:20 AM
Angela — see topic Three Pears Bowl (http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,607.0.html) for another I had in pink and without the EPNS rim, nearly eight years ago.   As you can see we got nowhere with the attribution then.

I don't know what has happened to my pictures as they are on my own web space.   Presumably another corruption during the GMB move to SMF 2.   I will investigate next week.

Bernard C.  8)
Title: Re: Uranium pear basket
Post by: Simba on August 27, 2012, 06:30:44 PM
Thank you Petet63 I managed to read Bernards post and thank you Bernard I saw your pictures of a pink bowl and the previous posts. Gorgeous.!!! I still think they are British pears ! There were two of these uranium ones on Ebay in the last week or so. I bought this one they both had silver plated rims. They glow lovely under UV. Oh well another mystery one for the cabinet. I was hoping there was a mark under the silver plated  rim. ;D
Title: Re: Uranium pear basket
Post by: Simba on October 16, 2012, 04:28:48 PM
Bernard C. ...I just bought one of another one of these 3  pear basket on ebay and it has a LID with more fruit on...cherry's, strawberries etc . It is uranium  and the seller thinks it was bought in France. I will post some pictures as soon as it arrives. :)
Title: Re: Uranium pear basket
Post by: Simba on October 25, 2012, 04:14:02 PM
the pear basket with lid has arrived at last and is gorgeous !! See pictures below..... it has pears, cherrys, strawberries  and grapes on so I guess it was a jam pot. The lid is difficult to get on and off as the cherry knob on top is very slippery and must have easily got broken. Its the first one I have seen with a lid !! ;D
Title: Re: Uranium pear basket
Post by: Bernard C on October 26, 2012, 07:49:10 AM
Angela — That's lovely.   ... and useful, as the lid may be the essential element in identifying it from a trade catalogue.   It's a spectacular piece.   It is such fine workmanship that it has to be a well known mouldmaker and manufacturer.   I am now even more convinced that it's not British.

Bernard C.  8)
Title: Re: Uranium pear basket
Post by: Simba on October 26, 2012, 12:02:04 PM
Yes Bernard I think you are right, the seller is sure it was bought in France in the 1940's or 50's. The detail in the fruit on the lid is perfect!!
Title: Re: Uranium pear basket
Post by: Anne on October 28, 2012, 05:59:24 PM
Angela, that is absolutely gorgeous, what a great find, congrats! :)
Title: Re: Uranium pear basket
Post by: Simba on October 30, 2012, 10:27:19 PM
Thanks Anne I am very pleased with it !! I have asked another friend who collects glass and he has suggested this piece may be by Sars or possibly Choisy le Roi ?
Title: Re: Uranium pear basket
Post by: Mosquito on April 11, 2022, 12:02:09 PM
Finally ID'd as Sowerby Enid, shown in 1936 catalogue. Thanks to Mike for making the catalogues available: http://www.victorianpressedglass.com/pdf/sowerby/sowerby_1936.pdf (p.7 as a lidded pot).

See also: http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,607.20.html
http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,71629.msg399969.html#msg399969
Title: Re: Uranium pear basket - ID = Sowerby "Enid" pattern powder bowl
Post by: theElench on April 29, 2022, 07:23:10 PM
Thanks so much for showing the catalogue.  At last an ID for the "Pear Bowl"!  I never thought of it as possibly being Sowerby, the attention to detail on the fruit seemed to make it unlikely, being of a far higher quality than their usual standard that I've seen.

And as a bonus it seems I have a biscuit barrel in non-Uranium frosted green, sadly without its lid.  (The one about half-way through with a geometric "diamond" pattern.)

As there are also examples of bowls without lids but with silver rims instead, were they ever part of a set of some kind?  If not for a dressing table perhaps for the dining table?
Title: Re: Uranium pear basket - ID = Sowerby "Enid" pattern powder bowl
Post by: NevB on April 30, 2022, 09:02:07 AM
theElench, I have this 2552 Butterfly trinket pot with a very worn EPNS rim. I'd assumed it had been damaged and the owner had added the rim to preserve it. Having seen the Enid dish it now appears it might be a factory addition, I'll have to look into it.
Title: Re: Uranium pear basket - ID = Sowerby "Enid" pattern powder bowl
Post by: NevB on April 30, 2022, 09:03:35 AM
Forgot the photo.