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Jade Sowerby look-alike. Hexag. kingfisher bowl & posy r
Glen:
Anne, I don't think it's Inwald- sorry if I mislead you there. And it surely isn't Sowerby. It seems that someone has taken the Inwald/Sowerby Pinwheel design and done their own version. But who? 'Tis a puzzle....I've been going through archive stuff since I saw your post but no luck yet. I'm sure the answer is staring me in the face!
Glen
Anne E.B.:
Thanks for your help as always Glen :P Hopefully all will be revealed in time. :lol:
In the meantime, I've just I.D'd a 10" diam. Sowerby bowl no.2565 in green with I believe a sandblast decoration using your CDRom :P . Glows nicely too.
Anne E.B. :wink:
Anne:
Anne, I nearly bought the same bowl too yesterday... I was in two minds but was running out of time so passed it by. :roll: Decided when I got home that I should have done so will pick it up if it's there when I go back. :) It's a super bowl. I've never seen a hexagonal plinth that would fit it... the only hexagonal ones I've come across so far are the Davidson ones as seen under their hexagonal flower sets - usually colours rather than black.
I did buy a uranium green jug though that I later spotted on Glen's CD (vol 2) as the 2481 jug in the 1956 catalogue. It's a super-looking jug and the CD is just brilliant as well... vol 1 arrived safely this morning (thanks Glen!) so I shall go mooch happily through that later this evening. 8)
Anne E.B.:
I hope its still there for you when you go back Anne :) Mine looks great in a well lit window. I don't know if there ever was a plinth made for it. The underside of the bowl is embossed also but with a foliage design, which makes me think perhaps not. There are four curious slightly raised, evenly spaced circles in the inside bottom of the bowl and I'm not sure whether these are marks left from the manufacturing process - where its been held in position, or whether these mark where something stands or is placed on the inside? Mostly probably the former.
I've got Vol.2 (which is excellent) and have been able to I.D. quite a few pieces that I have as being Sowerby :P Must get Vol.1. and will add it to my birthday list. 8)
I've just checked out the Davidson hexagonal flower bowl and plinth in my new copy of "Davidson Glass a history". That's the first hexagonal one I've ever seen, but not the same dimensions for the above. Don't they look great displayed on plinths!
Anne E.B. :wink:
Bernard C:
Anne — Your jade waisted vase is almost certainly not Jobling, as I have been through their complete 1935/36 catalogue, and it is not in there. This lists everything that went into production in jade for the domestic sector, including the scarce 1054 plain floating bowl that accompanied the jade nude lady figurine for only a short season around Christmas 1933, before being replaced by the fircone or flower pattern bowl and having a plinth added to make a three-piece set. As with all trade catalogues, it tells us nothing about special orders, wholesaler or retailer exclusives, and designs that never made it into general production.
--- Quote from: "Anne E.B." ---I've just checked out the Davidson hexagonal flower bowl and plinth in my new copy of "Davidson Glass a history". That's the first hexagonal one I've ever seen, but not the same dimensions for the above. Don't they look great displayed on plinths!
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The hexagonal set came in two sizes, 24 at 11" and 24M at 8½". Note that Davidson cleverly avoided the delightful tangle that Sowerby got into when they named the first two sizes of a pattern "L" and "S", and then went on to produce two smaller sizes!
... and, yes, they always look so much better as complete sets. Look out for the post-war 24M set in a rich blue, a lovely set with matching coloured block and plinth. Cloud glass sets (other than orange cloud) always had matching fittings. Orange cloud and jade sets were sold with either matching or black fittings.
Bernard C. 8)
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