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Hi and welcome to my website

 I have set up this web page to enable newly found information to be shared about Glass Float Bowl Sets and other  glass related items of interest.
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2/4/2025

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March 2025
The fate of three European glass company's  during the mid 20th Century.

February 2025
Fenster Dekoration's as seen in an August Walther & Sohne 1933 glass catalogue Germany.

September 2024
ZELDA (CN) figural flower float bowl set
It is a set that I had not seen until recently.   
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June 2024 
​PLINTH for displaying pressed glass figurines
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February 2024
WINDY WENDY figurine this figurine  may have been inspired by a fairy tail by the Brothers Grimm called Die Sterntaler (English translation Star Money) an interesting observation.  
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September 2023
DEPRESSION GLASS  what is it
The National Depression Glass Association's of  the America  definition as to what they call Depression Glass.
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August 2023
GLORIA (CN) figural flower bowl set
Maker and Country of Origin is unknown at this point in time.
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June 2023
1- STATUES AND  BLOCKS  design variations
Made by James A Jobling Sunderland England.
​24/7/2023
​Article up dated  with new information about STATUE #4

2- STATUE AND BLOCK a very rare colour find
Made by James A Jobling Sunderland England.

3- FLOWER VASES and POSY SETS 
Made by the SOWERBY'S ELLISON GLASSWORKS  Ltd Gateshead-On-Tyne in the UNITED KINGDOM.
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May 2023

LILY & IRIS  vases
Made by the SOWERBY'S  GLASSWORKS Ltd Gateshead -On- Tyne in the UNITED KINGDOM.
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April 2023
 CONTINENTAL GLASS WARE 
Sold in South Australia and Victoria, Australia 1938 News Paper Advertisements.
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March 2023
1- FLAMINGO'S figural flower frogs
That were made Pre World War II and another version possibly made Post World War II in Czechoslovakia.

2- KNEELING LADY(AN)bowl set                                      The Maker and Country of Origin is unknown at this point in time.
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December 2022
CLASICAL NUDE figurine
Maker and Country of Origin is now confirmed.
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November 2022
1 - ANOTHER BUTTERFLY LADY flower vase

2 - ERIKA figurine
Update 3/6/2024
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October 2022
 SCHWARZGLASSOCKEL (Black Glass Base)
Also known as Plinths made by August Walther & Sohme a German Company.
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August 2022
 WALL VASE
Made by Crown Crystal Glass an Australian Company​.
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May 2022
1- A Glass Mould Makers Sketch Book.
Sketch book drawing and figural flower frog seen.

2- SATINE (CN) figural flower frog 
A recent amazing find. 

3- TULIP  flower vase by Bagley Glass a British Company
Two TULIP vases compared one may have a fake RENE LALIQUE signature engraved on the underside of its base. 
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April 2022
1- The BOY ON A FISH figural flower frog
​2 -The GIRL ON A TORTOISE figural flower frog
An observation as to why these flower frogs may have been made.
October 2022 Up date
Information about an EXTREMELY RARE Opalescent set that has now been seen.
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February 2022
1- THE BATHER (CN) table center piece. 

2- PARAKEETS glass panels.
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January 2022
1- SOPHIA (AN) desk lamps
​Said to be made by Brockwitz Glass a German Company, this is yet to be confirmed.

2-​ KOOKABURRA wall light lamp shade
Made by Bagley Glass a  British Company. 
8/2/2022​ and 25/7/2022 Additional information added. 

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November 2021
CARPE Figural Flower Frog and float bowl
A follow on article from Archivd article dated July 2021 >

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September 2021 

1-  VENUS (AN) Figural Flower Frog
Made by Rosice Glass Czechoslovakia.

2- STUMP LADY Bowl Set 
Country of Origin Update.
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August 2021

1 - CARPE KOI night light  by PIERRE D'AVESN 
A French Art Glass Designer.

2 - KINGFISHER figural flower frog.
Maker and Country of Origin is unknown at this point in time.
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3 - BELLA (AN)  float bowl set.
​Made in Czechoslovakia
 
​4 - PUNCH and JUDY paper weights.
Made by John Derbyshire Glass Works Manchester England.

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July 2021

1 - PETRI flower float bowl  and LUNA lamp sets
Made  by August Walther & Söhne a German Company


2 - CARPE (AN) figural flower frog.
​Maker and Country of origin is unknown.
 
3 - CLASSICAL NUDE LADY (AN) figural flower frog
Made by Riedel Glass Works a Czechoslovakian company.
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May 2021

CHLOE (AN) lamp set with a different shaped pedestal.
Maker and Country of Origin is unknown at this point in time.

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April 2021

​ CLASSICALWOMEN table lamps
Made by various companies.
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December 2020
​ELEPHANT LIQUEUR SET
Made by BACCARAT a French Company
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November 2020
ATHENA figural flower float bowl sets 1938 Advertisement.

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October 2020
LARGE FLOWER FLOAT  BOWL CENTERPIECE 
​The Maker and Country of Origin is unknown at this point in time
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August 2020
KING FISHER figural flower Frog
The Maker and Country of Origin is unknown at this point in time.

February 2021
Additional information added.
April 2023
Now seen in blue with a frosted finish.
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July 2020
1- A Purple SEAGULL Figural Flower Frog
Made by Cambridge Glass an Extremely rare find.
October 2020 Additional information added
An Amethyst coloured Seagull now seen.
March 2024 Additional information added about a Blue Seagull figurine of the same design. 

FAN DANCER Lamp
Made by McKee Glass USA.
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March 2020
CLASSICAL DRAPED LADY figurine's
Maker and Country of Origin Confirmed. Made by Riedel Glass Work a Czechoslovakian Company.

March 2020
TABLE LAMP
Made by Riedel Glass Works as seen illustrated with the figurine article above
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January 2020
GALLEON/SAILING SHIP Lamp attachment 
Now known to be made by Riedel Glass Work a Czechoslovakian Company.
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October  2019
Görlitz Flower float bowl set. 1961
Made by VEB Sachsenglas an East German enterprise post World War II.
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September 2019
CLASSICAL DRAPED LADY 
Made by the Riedel Glass Works who were a Czechoslovakian company.
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August 2019
​LILLI figural flower frog
Made by August Walther & SÖHNE Germany. 
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July 2019
PENGUIN flower float bowl set.
Made by Josef Inwald Czechoslovakia. 
Believed to be Extremely rare 5/7/2019
​More information added 10/7/2019
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 April 2019
BUDDHA'S figurines
Made made in the USA.
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March 2019 
1 - EAGLE figural flower frog
Made by Cambridge Glass USA.
2 - GERDE bowl set
 May have been made by S Reich & Co who were a Czechoslovakian company.
November 2021 - New information and pictures added regarding the GERDE figurine now seen in the colours of pink and opalescent.
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February 2019
FLOAT BOWL sets with similar design
Makers and Countries of Origin are unknown at this point in time.
(Trumpet Vase float bowl set, Dove float bowl set, Windy Wendy float bowl set and Water Nymph float bowl set.)
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December 2018
New Finds
1-  BUDDHA figural flower frog
Made by Cambridge Glass USA.
2 - WREN with BERRIES figural flower frog 
Maker and Country of Origin is unknown at this point in time.
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November 2018
VASES
By Pierre d' Avesn 1901- 1990 a French Art Glass Designer.
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October 2018
BIRD float bowl set (A new find)
Made by Libochovice Glass Czechoslovakia.
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September 2018
1 - OWL float bowl set 
2-MUSHROOM shaped flower displayer (flower frog)
Made by BAGLEY & CO. LTD ENGLAND.
Up dates 18/4/2019 and 18/12/2019
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August 2018
1 - CHLOE and ATHENA lamp sets.
2-TAUBEN (Pigeons) vase
French made similar to TAUBEN (Pigeons) vase made by Libochovice Glass Czechoslovakia.
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July 2018
1- CHEVRON pattern glassware
Made by Josef Inwald Czechoslovakia.
2- ATHENA (AN) illuminated float bowl set
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June 2018
1 - ATHENA float bowl set.
2 - KNEELING LADY  bowl set and​ BOWL and VASES  on stand.
27/7/2022
Updated article to include Bowl and Candle stick​ ​on stand.

3 - CHLOE bowl set.
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May 2018
SAILING SHIP desk lamps.
1 - BATEAU a' VOILE (Sailing Ship ) desk lamp by Pierre d' Avesn a French Art Glass designer.

2 - GALLEON desk lamp
Maker and Country of Origin unknown.

3 - SAILING SHIP desk lamp
Maker and Country of Origin unknown.
New find up date July 2022

4 - SAILING SHIP mantle clock 
Maker and Country of Origin
​unknown.
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April 2018
STUMP LADY figural flower frogs and figurines.   
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March 2018  
1 - POISSON VOLANT (Flying Fish) in a Chevron pattern float bowl set 
Made by Josef Inwald Czechoslovakia.
June 2021 Added  catalogue information.

2- TABLE TOP center piece  
Made by Cambridge Glass USA.
3- CHERUB center piece
Maker and Country of Origin is unknown.

4- WATER CARRIER figurine for Hyacinth bulb flowering set  
Made by August Walther & Sohne - Germany.
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December 2017 
BUDDHA bowl set
Made by Steuben Glass USA.
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November  2017
BELLA(AN)figural flower frog
Maker unknown made in Czechoslovakia.
* Information update 4/3/2018.
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October 2017
DIVING GIRL figural flower frog
Now confirmed to be made by Steuben Glass USA.
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August 2017
NOVELTY NIGHT LIGHTS 
Featuring Animals, Buildings, Lanterns, Monuments etc.
Made by various Makers and Countries of Origin 
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July 2017
1 - TIFFIN NOVELTY ELECTRIC LAMPS
Featuring People, Animals Flowers and Fruit etc.
Made by the United States Glass Co USA.

2-SAILING BOATS
Of similar design.
*Information update 30/1/2020

3-Australian newspaper 1930's advertisement 
Figural Flower Float bowls and comport.
Made by August Walther & Sohne Germany.

4-VIKTORIA Blumen bowl (Flower Bowl) with figurine
Made by August Walther & Shone
3/12/2018 More Information update 
 
5- TOSKA  Blumenbowl (Flower Bowl) with figurine
Made by August Walther & Sohne

6-EVELYN & METEOR Blumenbowls (Flower Bowls)
Made by August Walther & Sohne 

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May 2017
1- DUTCH BOYS and BEAR center pieces Makers and Country of Origin is unknown at this point in time.

2- DIVING GIRL figurine combinations
Made by Steuben Glass USA.
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March 2017
1-​ROSE MAIDEN float bowl set​
​Made by Josef Inwald Czechoslovakia.

2​-BOY PLAYING an ACCORDION float bowl set
Made by August Walther and Sohne a German company.

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January 2017
GALLEON flower frog
Maker and Country of Origin is unknown at this point in time.
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November 2016
EXHIBITION of Collectable Glassware held by the Glass Collectors Society Inc
Pictures of the displays at the November  2016 Exhibition 

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September 2016
FAN SHAPED VASES  
Made by Crown Crystal Australia , Bagley Glass British and August Walther & Sohne - Germany.
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August 2016
MADONNA candlestick set
Made by August Walther & Sohne - Germany.
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July 2016
VENUS RISING figurine 
Made by Imperial Glass USA.
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June  2016
BASHFUL CHARLOTTE figural flower frog 
Made by Cambridge Glass USA.
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May 2016
1- GIRL WITH HER DOG float bowl set
Maker and Country of Origin is unknown at this point in time.

2- SAMURI figurine
Maker and Country of Origin is unknown at this point in time.
22/12/2019 Pictured added

3- ANGELS TRUMPET (AN) set
Made by Ankerglas Bernsdorf Germany.
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April 2016
1- APHRODITE (AN) figural flower frog 
Made by Rosice - Czechoslovakia.

2- ELEPHANT themed items 
Makers and Countries of Origin unknown at this point in time.

3- POISSON VOLANT (Flying Fish) two piece float bowl set with bowl variations
Made by Josef Inwald  - Czechoslovakia.

4- MARINA figural flower frog and oval bowl set
Made by August Walther & Sohne - Germany.

5- QUAN YEN figural flower frog
Made by Steuben glass USA.

6- SAIL BOAT and SEA BIRD bowls
Made by Rosice  - Czechoslovakia.
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March 2016
1- AMELIA and SOPHIA figural vase sets
Made by Brockwitz Glass a Germany company.

2- CARL  STOLZE  glass -Austria.
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February 2016
1 - LADY IN TRADITIONAL DRESS Figural Flower Frog, NUDE WOMEN and WATER BIRDS Epergnes 
A Makers glass catalogue  needs to be seen to confirm who made these items.
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2- BALLERINA bowl set
Made by Rosice glass Czechoslovakia.
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January 2016
1- HYACINTH bulbs flowering set 
Made by August Walther & Sohne  Germany.

2- THREE BUTTERFLY LADY themed vases
The makers of two them are known, one by ​August Walther & Sohne and the other by Brockwitz Glass, both German companies.
The third can only attributed to Val Saint Lambert a Belgian company, the maker is yet to be confirmed. 
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January 2015
Two Dancers similar in design by different makers
1- DANCING GIRL
Made by  James A Jobling - England.
2- BALLERINA
Made by Rosice Glass -  Czechoslovakia.
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December 2015
SHAMROCK design bowl 
Made by August Walther & Sohne - Germany. 
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November 2015
1-​ DANCING GIRL
Made by James A  Jobling England 
and
2- BALLERINA
Made by Rosice Czechoslovakia
Up dated information about the items.

3-  ISADORA bowl set
Made by Rudolfova Hut an Inwald glass works - Czechoslovakia.
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August 2015
1- Rosice glass catalogue page featuring APHRODITE and VENUS  figurines and vases.

2-​ Various Float bowls and Flower frogs
Made by Josef Inwald - Czechoslovakia.
3- ARABELLA one piece flower frog  bowl set 
Made by August Walther & Sohne - Germany.
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April 2015
GIRL ON A TORTOISE bowl set Maker and Country of Origin is unknown at this point in time.
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January 2015
1- DANCING GIRL
Made by James A  Jobling - England
2- BALLERINA
Made by Rosice Glass -  Czechoslovakia.
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December 2014
Makers and Country of Origin now confirmed for the following.
1- PENGUIN bowl set
Made by Libochovice -  Czechoslovakia.
2- EXOTIC DUCK bowl set 
Made by Libochovice -  Czechoslovakia.
3-​ FROG bowl set 
Made by Libochovice -  Czechoslovakia.
4- JUMPING FISH bowl set​
Made by Rocise - Czechoslovakia.
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October 2014
1- ICE CAVE bowl set
Maker & Country of Origin is unknown at this point in time.

2- ROSE MAIDEN bowl set
Made by Josef Inwald- Czechoslovakia.
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September 2014 
1- POISSON VOLANT Water Splash bowl set 
Made by Josef Inwald- Czechoslovakia.

2- ELEPHANT WITH HANDLER flower frog Maker & Country of Origin is unknown at this point in time.

3- BAREN figurine
Made by August Walther & Sohne- Germany.
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The fate of three much admired European glass company's  during the mid 20th Century.

1/3/2025

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Whilst researching the History of Glass Company's in Europe I came across the following information.
I quote from a publication called-
Sklo Union  Art Before Industry: 20th Century Czech Pressed Glass by Marcus Newhall.

CZECHOSLOVAKIAN Glass Companies
'The period between 1933 and 1940 was arguably one of the most unsavory periods in Czech glassmaking history.
Two major Czech Jewish glass owned businesses were to be appropriated and  their owners were stripped of their assets and neither family were  ever to receive restitution or recompense. '
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​ JOSEF INWALD AG a Czechoslovakian Glass Maker
'In the case of Josef Inwald A.G. the family operations in Czechoslovakia were combined under Nazi ministry of finance, as Vereinigte Bohische Glasindustry A.G. (United Bohemian Glass Industry).
Oskar Inwald died in Austria, very soon after the Anschluss  (Austria's connection to Germany)  in 1938.
The only member of the family of the period, who has currently been traced was JK Inwald who was working in the UK.
 JK Inwald died in Newcastle-upon- Tyne in 1987.
Following the end of World War II, the misappropriated Inwald factories were re-nationalized by Benes and again the Inwald Family were dispossessed, this time permanently, once the communists sized power.'
 

​Carl Stolzle und Sohne A.G.
'The history of Carl Stolzle und Sohne A.G. became murky in the period between 1933 and 1939, as it would appear, moves were made to strip Hertha of her Company. Hertha was the widow of Ludwig Stolzle who died in 1927.
Hertha was by then married to an Englishman.
​Board-room machinations (plotting) with the assistance of Nazi sympathizers in Austria's financial world, led to the loss of the Czechoslovakian factories.
​It would appear, from the available paperwork that a board-room coup was mounted and share-holders who were not present and were unable to prevent the misuse of their shares.
Despite many years of work by the surviving members of the
Hertha Stolzle's family, no restitution has ever been made.' 

FRENCH Glass Company
Edmond Laurent Etling
 I quote from Wikipedia
'The firm of Etling, founded by Edmond Laurent Etling, was based in Paris at 29, Rue de Paradis retailing high quality exclusive decorative items during the 1920's and 1930's. 
Edmond Laurent Etling founded La Societe Anonyme Edmond Etling in 1909 in Paris.
The works which he commissioned (not only in glass, but ceramics, ivory and bronze) were sold from his shop in Paris at 29 Rue de Paradis.
Glassware was made at the Etling Choisy-le-Roi glassworks.
Etling closed in 1940 during WWII.
​Edmond Laurent Etling of Jewish descent, along with his family were transported to a Nazi concentration camp where they died.'


I am interested to know if there were other European Glass Companies which may have been caught up in this most unsavoury period of European History.
Neil Cooper

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Fenster Dekoration's as seen in an August Walther & Sohne 1933 glass catalogue Germany.

14/2/2025

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Fenster Dekoration's (Window Decoration's) as pictured in the glass catalogue 
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Since starting my pressed glass collection 24+ years ago I have been trying to acquire one of the above Fenster Dekorations.

I have only seen pictures of them in a glass catalogue as pictured above and in photograph's as pictured below.

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I have yet to come across any Fenster Dekoration's being offered for sale.
I am of the opinion that these items are Super Extremely Rare, and 
​with this in mind I decide to have ago at making one. 
​Pictured below is the one that I made.
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It is 24cm in length x 8cm in width x 13cm high, consisting of 7 individual parts.
Its rectangular body will hold water to maintain floral decorations and Spring Hyacinth bulb flowering. 
Made in a polyethylene terephthalate Glycol
(PETG)which is a thermo-plastic polyester
filament used for 3D printing. 
PETG is the same material that some cool drink & beverage bottles are made out of.  
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Unfortunately the range of PETG filament colours which are presently available do not emulate the same colours that the Glass Companies had used when they produced their glass figurines in the 20th Century.

​This Window Decoration Set can​ accommodate a range of pressed glass figurines that were made by August Walther & Sohne and Libochovice glass pictured below.
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The August Walther and Sohne figurines a German glass company
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              Arabella                                         Ganseliesel                                    Hollanderin                                       Lucretia
​                                                                       Geese Girl                                                                                                                   
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                 Lilli                                                    Moven                                             Madonna                                      Schwalben
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                        Boy playing an accordion                                                                      Bearen          
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The Libochovice figurines a Czechoslovakian glass company

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​Due to its unique design inserts can be made to accommodate various figurines that have a different size a shape base to use with this Window Decoration.
​Should you be interested in acquiring a Window Decoration set please contact me at [email protected]


Neil Cooper

© Copyright Neil Cooper January 2025
All rights reserve No part of this Design may be reproduced in any form or by any means what so ever.
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Zelda figural flower float bowl set.

23/9/2024

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​Zelda (CN) two piece flower float bowl set.
The  Maker and Country of Origin is unknown at this point in time. 
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Its one piece Figural flower frog is 5⅞ inches (14.69cm​)high. 
The flower float bowl is 8½ inches(21.25cm) in diameter x 2¾ inches( 6.9cm) high.

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The above information and pictures have been kindly given by the owner collector of this set from Janesville, WI, United States.
​The letters (CN) seen in brackets in the name of this set indicates it has been named by this collector and stands for 'Collectors Name' 
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When comparing the figural flower frog pictured above and the three pictured below in my collection their similarity in design suggests that they are likely to have been made by the same Glass Company.
​The Maker and Country of Origin of them is also unknown at this point in time. 
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               Dianna (AN)                Helen (AN)                           Pandora (AN) 
Pictured below is the  Castle (AN) flower float bowl set.
Note the shape of the bowl in this set is identical in shape as the bowl seen in the Zelda set.
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Its one piece castel shaped flower frog is 11.5cm (4½ inches) high.
Its flower float bowl is 19.5cm (7¼ inches) in diameter.
Seen in crystal, amber, green, blue and pink in a frosted finish.
Its Maker and Country of Origin is unknown at this point in time. 
​The letters ​(AN​​) in brackets in the name of this set indicates it has been named by me and stands for 'Authors Name' 
I can be contacted at [email protected]
Neil Cooper
 
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PLINTH for displaying pressed glass figurines.

16/6/2024

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They are 3D newly printed in a black plastic material called ABS.
It is 12cm in diameter at its base x 5cm in height with an inside Diameter of 6.5cm 
Due to its unique design plinths can be made to order for specific  figurines that have  different Size and Shaped bases.​
Pictured below are several other display combinations using figurines from my collection
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Should you wish to purchase one or more of these PLINTHS please contact me at [email protected] for the Price & Postage
Neil Cooper



© Copyright Neil Cooper October 2023
All rights reserved
No part of the Design of this Plinth  may be reproduced in any form or by any means what so evER.
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WINDY WENDY figurine an interesting observation

9/2/2024

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Windy Wendy figurine 
It is 13.9cm (5½") high.
Seen in crystal, amber. green, blue and pink with a frosted finish. 
Maker and Country of Origin is unknown at this point in time.
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A collector from West Yorkshire in the UK has alerted me to a very interesting observation which prompts the following question;
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 Has the glass company who produced this figurine drawn inspiration from a fairy tail by the Brothers Grimm called Die Sterntaler
​(English translation Star Money.)


​And I quote the following  from Wikipedia
'The fairy tail follows an orphan girl who has nothing in the world but a loaf of bread, the clothes on her body, and her abiding faith.
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'A little girl loses both of her parents and as a result has to live as a beggar, with no more possessions than the clothes she’s wearing and a piece of bread someone gave her. Wandering aimlessly she meets a poor man who asks her to give him something to eat, and the girl gives him the bread. Then she meets a little boy complaining that his head is cold, and the girl gives her cap to the child; another child freezing to whom the girl gives her jacket; another child to whom the girl gives her dress; and finally when she arrives at the woods when it’s already dark another child who asks her to give them her shift. Because it’s dark and the girl thinks no one will see her she takes off her shift and gives it to the child. Completely alone and naked in the middle of the woods the girl sees stars falling from the sky and turning into coins before they land, that she gathers and carries in a new shift that magically appears in that exact moment. With that money the girl doesn’t have to live in the streets anymore'.

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Windy Wendy figural flower float bowl set.
​The bowl pictured in this set is just one of several different shaped bowls that the Windy Wendy figurine and flower frog is seen in.
There are two different shaped flower frogs seen a round one and the other in the shape of a rock. 
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​I can be contacted at [email protected]
Neil Cooper
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October 22nd, 2023

22/10/2023

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DEPRESSION GLASS what is it?

10/9/2023

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Pictured are examples of  American made Depression Glass.
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What exactly is Depression Glass?
I have gone to the Website of the National Depression Glass Association in the USA  for their Definition for what Depression Glass is and I quote it word for word.
                         "National Depression Glass Association                                  "Preserving America's Glass Manufacturing Heritage"
                                The NDGA was ​Founded in 1974

"Definition"
Although the “Depression”​ years extended from late 1929 up to the start of World War II, the term Depression Glass refers to American - transparent glassware that was manufactured from the early to mid- 1920’s, through and around the end of
World War II.
Much of that time was considered the ​​“Great Depression”, but the glassmaking period extended out on both sides of the “Great Depression”
I have noticed that the Pressed Glass that was manufactured in Countries such as Australia, Czechoslovakia, England, France and Germany in and around the Great Depression is being incorrectly associated with the name Depression Glass. 


With the National Depression Glass Association's definition in mind the name​ Depression Glass specifically refers ​only to American - transparent glassware that was manufactured in and around the time of the Great Depression.
 
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​​I can be contacted at [email protected]
Neil Cooper
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GLORIA (CN) figural flower bowl set

19/8/2023

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GLORIA (CN) figural flower float bowl set
The Maker and Country of Origin is unknown at this point in time.
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It is 28cm high x 20 cm in diameter in two pieces.
Seen in pink in a clear and frosted finish.
Other colours likely are crystal, amber, green and blue.
GLORIA (CN) figural flower frog 
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Its is 20cm high x 8.5cm in diameter at its base in one piece.
Seen in pink with a frosted finish.


​Dove bowl.
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It is 17cm high x  20cm in diameter with a 13cm diameter base.
Seen in pink with a clear and  frosted finish.

​The pictures above have been kindly given by a Collector from West Yorkshire  in the UNITED KINGDOM. 
​The letters (CN) in brackets in the name of this set indicates it has been named by this collector and stands for 'Collectors Name' ​
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​Pictured below is a page from a sketch book belonging to
Gradenberger an Austrian mould maker showing the design sketch for the Bowl Set.

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To see more detailed information about Gradenberger go to the
Archivd articles list at the beginning of this blog and click on Archivd article dated May 2022 >

​I can be contacted at [email protected]
Neil Cooper
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STATUES AND  BLOCKS  design variations that were made by JAMES A JOBLING  AND CO LTD in Sunderland England.

19/6/2023

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STATUE AND BLOCK #1 

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It is 10⅛ inches (25.6cm) high.
Note there are Roses entwined in the hair of this figurine.
Seen in amber green, blue, pink in a satin(frosted) finish also jade and  white.
Flower Block #1
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It is 4⅝ inches (11.8cm) in diameter  x 1⅞ inches(4.8cm) in height.
Note it has two rows of different sized flower arranging holes.
There are  18 holes in total.

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STATUE AND BLOCK #2 
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It is 9⅜ inches (23.8cm) high.
​Note that there are no Roses to be seen entwined in the hair of this figurine.
Seen in amber, green, blue and pink in a satin(frosted)finish also in jade.
Flower Block #2 
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It is 4½ inches (11.6cm) in diameter  x 1¾ inches(4.3cm) in height.
Note it has two rows of different sized flower arranging holes.
There are 32 holes in total.
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STATUE AND BLOCK #3 
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It is 9⅜ inches (23.8cm??) high.
​​Note that there are no Roses to be seen entwined in the hair of this figurine.
Seen in amber green, blue, pink in a satin( frosted) finish also in jade.
Flower Block #3 
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It is 4⅜ inches (11cm) in diameter  x 2½ inches(6.3cm) in height.
Note it has a single row of  flower arranging holes.
There are 12 holes  in total.


​STATUE and flower frog #4 
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It is 10⅛ inches( 25.6cm) high. 
Note there are Roses entwined in the hair of this figurine.
Seen in ebony(black), amber, blue , pink and white at this point in time
Note this flower frog design is used with STATUE's#2 and #4.
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24//7/2023
STATUE #5  now known to have been made in white (milk glass) and amber.
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The pictures and measurements above have been kindly given by a collector from the York Peninsular located in the State of South Australia.
I can be contacted at [email protected]
Neil Cooper
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    I have been collecting glass float bowl sets since 1999.
    I have written a collectors guide called "Pressed Glass Figural Flower Float Bowl Sets A Collectors Guide
    2014"

    To view sample pages of the collectors guide click on "Book Sample Pages" above.

    To purchase a copy of my book please contact me at [email protected] 

    Cost per book is AU$35.00 + P&P with tracking AU$7.00 = AU$42.00 within Australia using Bank Direct Deposit.

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     It is also available on ebay by clicking on the My Book on  eBay button  above.

     This publication can als0 be purchased from the
     West Virginia Museum Of American Glass
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