Topic: Sowerby Fruit Bowl model No. 2617.

[Paul S.]

This one appears in Glen & Stephen Thistlewood's Sowerby - CD catalogue No. 2 - George V to Elizabeth II - and appears on the front cover of the factory Illustrated List No. 35, which they suggest covers the period c. late 1935.                Available in sizes of .........   8.3/4", 5.1/2" and 4.3/4"  ....  this one is the middle size.
A fairly strong uranium content and definitely an art deco flavour.

I'm not aware of a BoT Rd. No. for this design, though it's possible there is one, but it's unusual for me to search for Sowerby Registrations this late in the factory's history.               Sowerby were still being granted Registrations for designs during 1935 which is possibly almost at the end of their activity for this process -  looking at the Blue Book they had two Registrations granted during November 1935, though no idea as to what these were. 

     

[NevB]

Not my cup of tea 

[Paul S.]

oddly, what came into my mind when I first saw this one was that there's a vague similarity with some of the shapes that Carter saw when he first peered into King Tut's tomb  -  perhaps it's the curved top  -  and it was because of the date he peered that deco took more than a passing influence from ancient Egyptian fashion.          Well, I like it anyway

Like a lot of folk here I was v. keen on u. glass some years back when the stuff was commonplace at boot sales and charity shops and I had a cabinet set up with black light etc.  -  now it's a lot less common. 

When next at Kew I'll have a look at what appears to be the final three pre WW II Regs. that Sowerby were allocated  -  this might be one of them.

[Anne]

This is a design I like too, Paul, it's very art deco but also, as you say, reminiscent of Egyptian finds. I'm looking for a clear glass one still, I missed one on eBay some time ago. 

[NevB]

It reminds me a bit of one of those wooden cheese coasters used to hold a whole truckle of cheese. A local antiques centre has two of these in amber.