Topic: Phoenix bowl

[Anne E.B.]

Thought I'd show this large Phoenix heat resistant bowl that I bought yesterday.  Couldn't resist it (thought I'd been cured ) having read the Pressed Glass chapter of David's book :hiclp:  There are some numbers underneath the Phoenix logo, but I can only make out the last three i.e. 530.  I think the first two are possibly letters.

Its a great looking bowl - quite contemporary IMHO - and still very useful!

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y195/glassie/009.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y195/glassie/010.jpg

 

[David E]

Nice example. I think Phoenix was considered to be the better glass, over Pyrex, and the enamelled ranges really took off in the 1950s.

I found this excellent web site on Phoenix glass some time ago, and have communicated with the site owner:

http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/BCMC/phoenix/phoenix01.htm

You will see examples of your range on page 3. The gravy boat shown there is really stunning in yellow 

My mother still has some of the dessert dishes in a vivid turquoise, with the six-sided rim (example shown at bottom of page).

[Heidimin]

Now look what you two have gone and done:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330203742060

I'd been successfully resisting this for over a week until David posted the link to that article. Now I fear another addiction may have been born...

Oh and I have one of the six-sided bowls too - in the serving size, in a sort of red/ orange colour (possibly raspberry?). Nabbed from the back of my mother's cupboard a few years ago...

This range really is stunning, isn't it? And as you say, Anne, very contemporary-looking.

[Anne E.B.]

Great colour!   A real splash of sunshine

Not for the faint-hearted may be, but like you, I love them.  Once you've got the bug...

Check out these fruit dishes of mine by Federal Glass Company, Ohio, marked "Heat proof".  I've got a set of six in yellow and just two in orange.  Not too sure when these date back to or their patt. name, but they look 60s-70s.  Used these at Christmas.  My visitors remarked on the dishes, but not my cooking
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y195/glassie/glass129.jpg

Along with the Phoenix bowl - a riot of colour, just what's needed with this miserable weather.


Oh and I forgot to add, they stack on top of one another  - so easy to store.

[David E]

I have to say that this Phoenix range knocked Pyrex into a cocked hat. It was always a thorn in the side of Pyrex and after purchasing Orlak, Jobling must have breathed a sigh of relief!

Early Phoenix ware was also supposed to be the superior glass - far clearer - and I think the first enamelling on ovenware was created by them.

Got to agree with you both: it really is a fab range, particularly the citric colours

[Heidimin]

Nice, Anne - I like.

I'm kind of into Pyrex as well at the moment - having bought a Flameware teapot at Andy MacConnell's shop last year and then a matching saucepan the other week. The tea pot's now on my desk at work and the saucepan in daily use for my morning porridge. Both giving me an immense amount of pleasure - and the saucepan's so much easier to clean than my Le Creuset milk pan.

Now - what other areas of my life could be colonised by glass??

(And no, that's NOT an opportunity to re-post that link to - ahem - glassware for intimate use.  )

[Frank]

Read the Jobling article about Pyrex in the Glass Study. Starts in this section (subscription needed)

[David E]

I was wondering what the football team had to do with this topic but I see what you mean about the tableware.

That's a great photo of those glassblowers!

[Frank]

At one point it was thought to be the Eisner's father & son, but Adam did not think it was. Neither did the Eisner descendants! Still, they could be another Frank and Eric.

[David E]

Impossible to say without comparitive photos, preferably from around 1950-60. Can the families help?