Topic: BLACK BOWL

[Trebor]

Hi again this is the last for a while i think .Can any one help I.D this black bowl it seems heavy for its sizes .It has a silky Matt finish Height 90 mm, Width 198 mm, I was told it could be obsidian but i thought you can not press volcanic glass? Thank you.

[Bernard C]

Davidson 292 pattern, dating from the '30s, and initially sold as a bulb bowl with a glass holder for three hyacinth bulbs.   Your relatively uncommon matt black version is difficult to date, but I suspect it is from the same period as Polished Black, '50s to early '60s.   In the mid '60s the mould was modified with the addition to the base of a slightly modernised version of their Victorian lion trademark for production of a Marbled Glass version.

Please be careful with matt black as scratches and abrasions are unsightly and virtually impossible to remove — collectors are likely to be very fussy!

You will find more details and at least one photograph on Chris & Val Stewart's http://www.cloudglass.com

Bernard C. 

[Trebor]

Hi thank you Bernard i did find the design but not the colour they called it slag glass number 292 but i am still looking . :thup:

[Bernard C]

I've just checked the 1936 trade price list, and it's there.   It is reasonable to presume that the 1936 price list was issued in plenty of time for the Christmas 1935 market, around late summer/autumn 1935.   It's listed as a "Bulb Bowl", was made in "Matt Black", and is listed both with and without the bulb support.

So, as it is not particularly common, the speculative post-war date in my first reply is probably incorrect.

Bernard C.  

[Lustrousstone]

It's not slag glass. So-called slag glass has a marbled effect like the purple and white celery vase on the front page of the site Bernard cited.

[Trebor]

Thank you all i can now label it coracly and as a boness i spoted a pieces on the chris & stewarts site Davidson pattern  737/T and it said late 1930s and a Rare