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Hi,
yes, saw the thread and it reminded me of this piece, but as I understood it the name ´Floret´ refers
to these blue-ish opalescent pieces only?

...or dutch perhaps...     

Nice pieces, both of you.

You´re almost right with mammoth, m, the shape´s often referred to as elephant´s foot. 

The Warmensteinacher Glasmuseum seems to have a glass plate (of 200 LE) made in 1969 for NASA to commemorate the moon landing.

Some info (in German) on Werkberufsschule des Glashüttenwerks Fischer Fichtelberg.

In 1941 this 'coloured fruit bowl' would have cost you Reich Marks 236.5, and if you wanted the decoration frosted - as in the example here -  that would have added another RM 40 - so, at RM 275 it seems to have been a very expensive item - possibly the most expensive from this factory, by a long way.       
This should be the 1941 catalogue..... http://www.glas-musterbuch.de/Brockwitz-1941.86.0.html.       Does 'hell' mean clear glass??     

Appears to be Brockwitz pattern 9091, and from what I can see is showing in 1936 and 1941 catalogues only - the example on Pamela's site...  http://www.pressglas-pavillon.de/schalen/01137.html ..  is without the frosting.
Certainly a hefty piece, and side to side is something like 13.5" (340mm).

Does Pamela know why this was so much more expensive that other pieces at that time -  was there perhaps a high failure rate??           Thanks for looking.