Topic: Jobling designs 1932 - 1947

[Paul S.]

thanks to both of you for the additional useful information  -  appreciated.

[Paul S.]

September 1934 obviously a busy time for Jobling - they Registered nine new designs on the 6th of the month, and these were to be the last for that year.             The group consists of Registrations Nos. 796181 to 189.

here is the first one ………….
Registration 796181 - open-footed vase - catalogue No. 11600

[Paul S.]

Next one ………..

Registration 796182 - pickle jar  -  catalogue No. 2585

[Paul S.]

next up …………..

Registration 796183  -  celery vase  -  catalogue No. 11800 ………….   the booklet indicates this one modelled originally - presumably in plaster - by M. Franckhauser.

[Paul S.]

the next four items are all ashtrays - and according to the booklet it appears that only the kingfisher design wasn't modelled by Franckhauser.
All four Registrations are dated 6th September 1934, and it looks very likely that they were made in 'Opalique' finish only, with the option that the figures could be purchased as stand alone items rather than combined with an ashtray.

Registration 796184 - fish ashtray  -  catalogue No. 10500 ………………    this motif makes me think more of a dolphin (mammal) - an image that's been used for many centuries in glass and ceramic work, usually with tail up and big eyes and mouth  -  rather than a fish.
Jobling used the same motif on their candlestick catalogue No. 2599 - Registration 799627 - where they describe the item as a 'dolphin candlestick'.

Registration 796185 - parrot ashtray  -  catalogue No. 10520

[Paul S.]

Here are the other two 'Opalique' ashtrays.

Registration 796186 - kingfisher ashtray - catalogue No. 10530

Registration 796187 - mouse ashtray - catalogue No. 10510   …………..    looking at the factory catalogue illustration of Jobling's 'mouse' on page 9 of Baker & Crowe, there is a substantial difference when compared with the actual glass model shown in the photo sent to the BoT  -  so suppose we must assume the original idea was considered un-lifelike, and changed.            Unfortunately, I can't see a photo of a production glass example in the authors booklet - have to say the stylized drawing on page 9 look more like a squirrel or rabbit:-)

perhaps Steven can add something to these comments.   thanks.

[Paul S.]

my apologies, it seems I forgot to add pix of the parrot - Reg. 796185  ………….    now attached.

[Paul S.]

here is the last but one design from 1934.

Registration 796188  -  fish salad bowl - catalogue No. 12000

[Paul S.]

and the final design from 1934.

Registration 796189  -  salad servers  -  catalogue No. 2584

It's possible that this design may have been available in flint only  -  but others may have more accurate information  -  though it's interesting to see that the BoT picture shows what appears as an opaque looking material.

[Paul S.]

moving into 1935, there was a flourish of new designs amounting to ten in January alone, and looking at the photos sent to the BoT, many of these show what appear to be examples made in plaster, which is likely to suggest these were models created by M. Franckhauser.           The only exception to this looks to have been the first entry which is the honey jar - catalogue No. 2592 - as below, and Baker & Crowe don't include this item as having a Franckhauser connection. 
The original factory photo used in Jobling's glossy catalogue shows an example of this pattern, in amber, together with an under tray and spoon.    I can't find either the tray or spoon in the Kew archive pix relating to this Registration.     

Reading the text to the factory catalogue, the tray and spoon are listed separately - eight old pennies if you wanted the spoon alone - and both the spoon and tray are given the single catalogue No. 2610.      Baker & Crowe list this catalogue No. for the spoon and tray as one of the seventeen items in the Jobling catalogues for which a Registration No. remains unknown.         

Not so sure you'd instinctively call this container a 'jar', but a jar is certainly the factory's terminology.