Topic: Davidson Blue Cloud glass bowl

[Paul S.]

I shall be away from home for a day or two as from tomorrow, so thought I'd show one or two pieces that I've found over the past eighteenth months or so .................  hope they're of some interest:

first off is this blue cloud glass bowl complete with frog and plinth - can't imagine Davidson did anything larger than this one  ........   maximum rim diameter is 36.5 cms. and no damage that I'm aware of.   Of course, it could have been red;-)

[glassobsessed]

Red would have been a very big cherry on the cake but fabulous to have it complete, is the frog cloud coloured too?

John

[Paul S.]

yes, a complete suite - all three pieces present and correct and of matching cloud colour.

[flying free]

That's beautiful.  Great find. Is the frog marked on the base?
m

[Paul S.]

base marks are:      the diameter of 5.1/2 is shown on three equally spaced positions toward the outside of the base  -   then MADE IN ENGLAND  -  then  PATENT 7830/1910  -  the frog sits on six pimple sort of feet and each project about 5 mm in height.              This looks to be the general style of wording on the base of most frogs, until you get to the really small ones, then there is a reduction in this information.              I've looked at only a couple of frogs, but the Patent information appears to be the same - probably for most if not all frogs.

[flying free]

This was mine in a different shaped (geometric)  and smaller bowl - the frog had a silver epns epergne attached so was just curious

m

[Paul S.]

Hi - I've not seen your design before - can't quite visualize the attachment of the EPNS part  -  is this on the top or the underside - don't think I'd call this an epergne - perhaps just a refinement of the frog design:-)           Is yours a Davidson piece?
For what it's worth I also have one of the Davidson large 8 inch oval shaped frogs, and that too appears to carry the Patent No. 7830/1910 (same as the round frogs) -  wording is identical except, obviously, it shows the size as 8 inches.
Frogs were made of course by other Companies  -  do we know if anyone has uploaded a picture of Davidson's 1910 patent from the Kew Archives?

[flying free]

as attached

[flying free]

actually the silver is marked - see attached.
I don't own it anymore I don't think.  Think I sold it as have no idea where it might be otherwise.

m

[Paul S.]

join the club  -  virtually all of mine went out too - books as well.                   But I like it a lot - it's cute, novel, interesting and unusual.      Oh, (tears) if only I could have much of mine back  -  nope, don't really mean that - collecting and hoarding is for anoraks 
You might help me please  -  thought I might find the Webb moire pattern on the Board's archive - but I can't ................   might you be able to post a picture to remind me of what it looks like, please?
I can see the Sterling mark, and possibly what is a worn leopards head for London.