Topic: Jobling designs 1932 - 1947

[Paul S.]

Registration 783048 dated 12.05.1933 - 'Lozenge pattern Water Set - factory catalogue No. 4050.

Registration 785479 dated 03.08.1933 - 'Ashtray'  -  factory catalogue No. 2538.

Both items covered by the standard initial Board of Trade five year Design Protection - apparently neither item extended beyond the initial five years, so expiry was 12.05.1938 and 03.08.1938 respectively.

[agincourt17]

Your assumption is correct, Paul - I have absolutely no idea.

Fred.

[Mosquito]

I've always thought that the Lambton name comes from the Lambton family and their estate in County Durham: see also the legend of the Lambton Worm.

Regarding the rose patterned bowls, the smaller diameter variant is somewhat different in both proportions and detail than the larger catalogued table/ lighting bowl. I'm not sure if they were considered the same design as the smaller version is not shown in the catalogues and none of the copies I've handled have the registration number (though many have the moulded 'REGN. APPLIED FOR' text).

Opalique example of the larger rose bowl:

[Paul S.]

You may well be correct Steven regarding the origin of the name  -  I scanned the various acknowledgements and credits references in Baker & Crowe without seeing the name, but eyes aren't what they used to be.          Also made cursory view of the bowl design on the web, but nothing obvious.

thank you for including a photo of the larger opalique rose bowl - very attractive item.

[Anne]

Lambton is a village near Washington, in Tyne and Wear. Whether the village name predates the estate name, or took its name from it, I can't tell.    The Lambton family were certainly one of the wealthiest in that area, so naming a design after them would make sense.  More about the Lambton Worm here.

[Paul S.]

thanks Anne - a good suggestion and you may well be correct.                   Just a shame that those who might have known the answer have long since departed, and maybe we'll never know for certain.

[Paul S.]

Here are the first of the 'Opalique' statuettes - not easy to photograph - don't think I can do any better ………..    both of these Registrations are dated 8th December 1933, and protection for both designs expired on 8th December 1943

Registration 788542 - fish statuette - Jobling catalogue No. 10100

Registration 788543 - lovebirds statuette  -  Jobling catalogue No. 10200

Baker & Crowe indicate that original plaster models for both items are known to have been made by Mr. Etienne Franckhauser, and this was the case for something like a total of 28 different Jobling designs.          Have to assume this person was French, so unsure quite why Baker & Crowe should use the personal title of Mr. when correctly I would have thought it should be M. for Monsieur  -  if I have misunderstood something there do please shout.

[Paul S.]

These two are knife rests  -  described as carver rests - and the first of them, No. 790338, is indicated by Baker & Crowe as another item where Etienne Frankhauser made the original plaster model.                 Both items first Registered on 15th February 1934, and both expired on 16th February 1944.

Registration 790338 - hare carver rest - Jobling catalogue No. 10300

Registration 790339 - squirrel carver rest - Jobling catalogue No. 10400   -   obviously I had the DTs when snapping the first picture - chronically blurred - but the blown up version makes up for this, I hope, and no, I don't know whether it's supposed to be a grey or red squirrel.

[Mosquito]

Paul, thanks very much for compiling this list: as a Jobling collector, it's great to see these original registration details.

I'm wondering whether we need another thread for unregistered designs and non-catalogued variants, or whether they could be added to this thread? Already by Autumn of 1933, the B1 Lambton vase, the 2541 figure and the fir cone vase had been launched -- presumably the flower pattern vase was also available around this time, though it appears much rarer than the already scarce fir cone vase. There was also a mid sized version of the 5000 fir cone crimped plate with a central reinforcing ring allowing the piece to be drilled and screwed to a metal foot (always seem to be in green glass with a satin finish), as well as a salad drainer in 6000 Flower pattern with a different base incorporating three holes and a separate underplate with a more dished profile than the usual plate form. In addition there are also known variants of the 7000 bird bowl which aren't shown in catalogues: a plate with 3 crimps round the edge, a plate with 5 crimps, and a flanged (flared) variant.

Steven

[Paul S.]

I'm probably not the best qualified to answer your question Steven  -  perhaps the Mods. might comment as to whether they consider a split in the thread - between the non-Registered plus variants, and the Registered items as currently appearing - will be an advantage.
Come to that others like yourself who will mostly benefit from this information might give feedback with their thoughts on your suggestion of a possible split.

The images I'm providing are obviously those from the main Baker & Crowe list and were designs Registered and presently held at TNA.    I'm not a collector of Jobling - think I have only a single vase made by them - so I'm going to be useless when it comes to supplying images of non-Registered designs, and it would be up to collectors of Jobling to supply images of those non-Registered items and variants.          I wouldn't foresee that as a problem, it's just that the work of uploading the pix would fall to others.
I had hoped that in trawling the Kew archives I might have stumbled on images - with accompanying Rd. Nos. - for those 17 or so designs for which Baker & Crowe indicate there isn't a known Registration No.  -  unfortunately, nothing found so far.           So for these 17 designs we are going to need people to offer their own pix  -  you may already have some of course.

I really have no idea as to current collector popularity for this factory's output, and if we do go ahead and split the thread into Registered/non-Registered, you may find that the job falls to you almost exclusively if there's a lack of contribution from others.    Assume in the light of your comments this would be o.k. for you Steven.

So  -  let's see what opinion others with a Jobling interest might prefer to see  -  comments welcome.