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Title: Large Uranium Deco Bowl/Centerpiece? - ID = Sowerby 2572 salad bowl
Post by: Nemmie on August 16, 2010, 05:36:03 PM

I picked this up at the weekend it is very heavy and the sides are ribbed and undulating the sections alternate between clear and frosted glass. It has a very high uranium content and the handles appear to be stylised fishes but they may be flowers I have not made my mind up about this yet. I have not been able to find this piece at Pamela's wonderful site but I have seen a similar handles on a Brockwitz piece there. It certainly has an air of quality about it.

Measurements are 13 inches across (from handle to handle) and 3.5 inches in height. Not the best pictures I have ever taken but it is proving tricky to capture well. I hope that someone will recognise it. Thanks in advance.

http://i729.photobucket.com/albums/ww293/GrooveVandal/Glass/CIMG4072.jpg
http://i729.photobucket.com/albums/ww293/GrooveVandal/Glass/CIMG4074.jpg
http://i729.photobucket.com/albums/ww293/GrooveVandal/Glass/CIMG4075.jpg
http://i729.photobucket.com/albums/ww293/GrooveVandal/Glass/CIMG4076.jpg

Title: Re: Large Uranium Deco Bowl/Centerpiece? Id Help Please Brockwitz?
Post by: Lustrousstone on August 16, 2010, 06:56:21 PM

Sowerby 2572 salad bowl (info Thistlewood Sowerby CD 2, shown in 1956 catalogue, though this is likely earlier). A plinth was an option.

Brockwitz is not this yellowy green; it's usually a very, very pale grass green that you'd be hard put to say had uranium in it without testing it.

Title: Re: Large Uranium Deco Bowl/Centerpiece? Id Help Please Brockwitz?
Post by: Nemmie on August 16, 2010, 07:05:02 PM

Thanks for solving the mystery for me. Much appreciated. :)

Title: Re: Large Uranium Deco Bowl/Centerpiece? Id Help Please Brockwitz?
Post by: pamela on August 16, 2010, 07:21:34 PM

Denver  :hi:
here's my amber Sowerby http://www.pressglas-pavillon.de/tafelaufsaetze/03778.html

Christine, Brockwitz uranium glass in all shades of green:  :sun:

http://www.pressglas-pavillon.de/tafelaufsaetze/02300.html
http://www.pressglas-pavillon.de/tafelaufsaetze/01164.html
http://www.pressglas-pavillon.de/schalen/01160.html
http://www.pressglas-pavillon.de/schalen/06494.html
http://www.pressglas-pavillon.de/schalen/06641.html
http://www.pressglas-pavillon.de/toilettenservice/07921.html
and finally the strongest : http://www.pressglas-pavillon.de/schalen/07215.html

Title: Re: Large Uranium Deco Bowl/Centerpiece? Id Help Please Brockwitz?
Post by: Nemmie on August 16, 2010, 07:33:44 PM

Hi Pamela :)

Thanks, don't know how I missed that, I looked in the centerpiece section three times as well, perhaps I need a new prescription for my glasses!

The third example of Brockwitz green that you linked to is the item that led me astray as the handles are very similar to this Sowerby piece.

Title: Re: Large Uranium Deco Bowl/Centerpiece? - ID = Sowerby 2572 salad bowl
Post by: Lustrousstone on August 17, 2010, 09:38:43 AM

But still all very pale, apart from the last piece, which I would say was turquoise.  :kissy: