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 I have set up this web page to enable newly found information to be shared about Glass Float Bowl Sets and related items.
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Index of Archived articles with descriptions.

1/12/2018

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November 2018
Pierre d' Avesn 1901- 1990 a French Art Glass Designer.

October 2018
BIRD float bowl set by Libochovice Glass Czechoslovakia.

September 2018
1 - OWL float bowl set 
2 -MUSHROOM shaped flower displayer (flower frog) by BAGLEY & CO. LTD who were a British glass company.

August 2018
1 - CHLOE and ATHENA lamp sets.
2 - TAUBEN (Pigeons) vase French made similar to TAUBEN (Pigeons) vase made by 
Libochovice Glass Czechoslovakia.

July 2018
1 - CHEVRON pattern glassware by Josef Inwald Czechoslovakia.
2 - ATHENA (AN) illuminated float bowl set.

June 2018
1 - ATHENA float bowl set.
2 - KNEELING LADY  bowl set and BOWL and VASES  on stand.
3 - CHLOE bowl set.

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.
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April 2018
1 - STUMP LADY figural flower frogs and figurines.   

March 2018 
1 - POISSON VOLANT (Flying Fish) in a Chevron pattern float bowl set.
​ by Josef Inwald Czechoslovakia.
2 - TABLE TOP center piece by Cambridge Glass USA.
3 - CHERUB center piece maker and country of origin is unknown.
4 - WATER CARRIER  figurine for Hyacinth bulb flowering set by August Walther &Sohne - Germany.

December 2017
BUDDHA bowl set by Steuben Glass USA.

November  2017
 LADY  and domed figural flower frog  maker unknown made in Czechoslovakia.
* Information update 4/3/2018.

October 2017
DIVING GIRL figural flower frog by Steuben Glass USA.

August 2017
 NOVELTY NIGHT LIGHTS by various makers and countries of origin.

July 2017
1 - NOVELTY ELECTRIC LAMPS by United States Glass Co USA.

2 - SAILING BOATS of similar design.

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

4 - August Walther & Shone VIKTORIA Blumenbowl (Flower Bowl ) with figurine.
Information update - 3/12/2018
 
5 - August Walther & Sohne TOSKA  Blumenbowl (Flower Bowl) with figurine.

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


May 2017
1 - DUTCH BOYS and BEAR center pieces makers and country of origin is unknown.

2 - DIVING GIRL figurine combinations by Steuben Glass USA.

March 2017
 ROSE MAIDEN float bowl set by Josef Inwald Czechoslovakia.

January 1017
GALLEON flower frog maker and country of origin is unknown.

November 2016
Pictures taken of the displays at the November  2016 EXHIBITION of Collectable Glassware

October 2016
 An EXHIBITION of Collectable Glassware that is not to be missed.

September 2016
 VASES  similar in shape -made by Crown Crystal Australia , Bagley Glass British and August Walther &Sohne - Germany.

August 2016
MADONNA candlestick set by August Walther &Sohne - Germany.

July 2016
VENUS RISING by Imperial Glass USA.

June  2016
 BASHFUL CHARLOTTE by Cambridge Glass USA.

May 2016
1 - GIRL WITH HER DOG  float bowl set maker and country of origin is unknown.

2 - SAMURI figurine maker and country of origin is unknown.

3 - ANGELS TRUMPET (AN)set by Ankergla Bernsdorf Germany.

April 2016
1 - APHRODITE (AN) figural flower frog and figurine by Rosice -  Czechoslovakia.

2 - ELEPHANT themed items continued makers and  country of origin are unknown.

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

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

5 - QUAN YEN figuarl flower frog by Steuben glass USA.

6 - SAIL BOAT and SEA BIRD bowls by Rosice  - Czechoslovakia.

March 2016
1 - AMELIA figural vase set by Brockwitz Germany.

2 - CARL  STOLZE  glass -Austria.

February 2016
1 - FIGURAL flower frogs where the maker is still needs to be confirmed.
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2 - BALLERINA bowl set by Rosice glass Czechoslovakia.

January 2016
1 - HYACINTH bulbs flowering set by August Walther & Sohne - Germany.
2 - BUTTERFLY LADY themed vases.

January 2015
1 - DANCING GIRL by Jobling - British.
2 - BALLERINA by Rosice Glass -  Czechoslovakia.

December 2015
SHAMROCK bowl by August Walther &Sohne - Germany. 

November 2015
1-DANCING GIRL by Jobling and BALLERINA by Rosice flower frogs additional information.
2 -ISADORA bowl set by Rudolfova Hut an Iwald glass works - Czechoslovakia.

August 2015
1 - Vases and Figurines by Rosice Glass - Czechoslovakian.
2 - Various Float bowls and Flower frogs byJosef Inwald - Czechoslovakia.
3 - ARABELLA one piece flower frog  bowl set by August Walther & Sohne - Germany.

April 2015
 GIRL ON A TORTOISE bowl set maker and country of origin is unknown.

January 2015
1 - DANCING GIRL by Jobling - British.
2 - BALLERINA by Rosice Glass -  Czechoslovakia.

December 2014
Makers now confirmed for the following.
1 - PENGUIN bowl set by Libochovice -  Czechoslovakia.
2 - EXOTIC DUCK bowl set by Libochovice -  Czechoslovakia.
3 - FROG bowl set by Libochovice -  Czechoslovakia.
4 - JUMPING FISH bowl set by Rocise - Czechoslovakia.

October 2014
1 - ICE CAVE bowl set maker & country of origin is unknown.
2 - ROSE MAIDEN bowl set by Josef Inwald- Czechoslovakia.

September 2014 
1 - POISSON VOLANT  Water Splash bowl set by Josef Inwald- Czechoslovakia.
2 - ELEPHANT WITH HANDLER flower frog maker & country of origin is unknown.
3- BAREN figurine by August Walther & Sohne- Germany.

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Pierre d'Avesn  1901-1990 a French Art Glass designer

30/11/2018

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Pictured are just a few of his amazing designs.

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The following information about Pierre d' Avesn has been obtained from the Art Deco Ceramic Glass Light web site and I quote.

Pierre d'Avesn  1901-1990 
It is said that from the young age of 14 he worked for Ren'e Lalique  a famous French Art Glass designer.
And during the 10 year period that he worked at Lalique he design the "Serpent" vase and the "Tourbillons" vase pictured below.
​These vases are much sort after by collectors and  command a high price.

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                  Serpent vase                                         Tourbillons vase
He left Lalique in 1926 to start up his own design studio.
His designes were  produced by Cristallerie de Saint-Rémy.
In 1930 Daum Freres approached Pierre d'Avesn to take over the artistic direction of their molded glass department, at the
glass-works in Croismare.
This affiliation lasted up until the strike of 1936.
From 1937 to 1940 he took over the management of Verly's
From 1940, he returned to working on his own.
​His designs were then produced by Cristallerie de Choisy-le-Roi- (Sèvres).
 
Piere D' Avesn is up there standing shoulder to shoulder with  other famous French Art Glass designers.

Neil Cooper
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BIRD figural flower float  bowl set made by Libochovice Glass who were a Czechoslovakian glass company

30/10/2018

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BIRD float bowl set
​Figural flower frog is 15 cm (6⅞") high in two pieces.
Float bowl 37 cm (14½") in diameter. 
​Seen in crystal in a clear and  frosted finish.
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 Pictured below is a bowl as seen in a Libochovice Glass catalogue which appears to be the same  pattern as the bowl pictured above.
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The pictures above were kindly supplied by a collector from Yorkshire in the United Kingdom.
Below is an extract from a Libochovice Glass 1934/1949 catalogue.
Note item number 1803 it is the same flower frog as seen with the     bird figurine above.                                 
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OWL flower float bowl set

22/9/2018

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OWL float bowl set.
Owl flower frog is 12 cm (4¼") high in one piece.
​The float bowl is 26 cm (10¼")in diameter.

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The owl flower frog is seen in amber, green, blue, pink in a clear and frosted finish and ebony (black).
​Also seen with applied eye decoration.
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United States Glass Company may have been the maker this is yet to be confirmed.
A makers catalogue is required to confirm the maker and country of origin, should you know of one  please let me know.


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OWL trinket container. 
Seen in green 
Other colours likely crystal, amber, blue and pink.
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​A makers catalogue is required to confirm the maker and country of origin  should you know of one  please let me know.
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Note the similarity between the Owl flower frog and the Owl trinket container figurine.

Neil Cooper
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MUSHROOM shaped flower displayer (flower frog)  by BAGLEY & CO. LTD   who were a British glass company.

8/9/2018

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​The pink frosted finished flower displayer pictured above is 12 cm (4½") high 15.5 cm(6") in diameter in one piece which is in my collection.

​The PATENT No 436637  is seen on the side of its stem. 
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​​Pictured below is an Advertisement for the flower displayer as seen in the  Pottery Gazette and Glass Trade Review dated August 1936 
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This advertisement mentions that they were made in five sizes, unfortunately the sizes are not mentioned.
The colours that they were made in are of flint(crystal) amber, green, blue and pink in a matt(frosted) and clear finish.
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At this point in time only two of the five sizes made are known, a  
15.5 cm(6") in diameter and a 13 cm (5⅛") in diameter.

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Should you know of the other three sizes could you please let me know.
Neil Cooper
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TAUBEN (Pigeons) vase.

16/8/2018

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This vase is similar in design to the Tauben (Pigeons) vase that is known to have been made by Libochovice Glass who were a Czechoslovakian Glass Company.
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Pictured below is the underside of the base of this vase.
​What is interesting is the lettering on the base.
You can just make out the word FRANCE and above it you can also just see the letters S P _ P.
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Pictured below is the Tauben (Pigeons) vase as seen in a  Libochovice 1958 catalogue.
​ Note the similarities with the vase above. 
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A collector from Scotland who sent me the pictures of this vase has made reference to a 1997 publication called  'GLASMARKEN LEXIKON' which is written in German,
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Pictured below is an extract from page 813 of this publication.
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The English translation is as follows-
S.P.I.P., Establishments
Glass Sales
Paris, F
Company data
 The company sells Art Glass and Crystal as well as Art objects from various materials in its business premises.
 In 1935 refreshes the trademarks' Verlux 'SPIP' and 'Vermer' register.
 Art Glass with the 'Verlux' mark is featured in the> Verrerie des Andelys, Holophane S.A. (Verlys) Produced. Pressed Glass named 'SPIP' with the addition.
 'Tchechoslovaquie' is made for a company in Czechoslovakia and exported to France.
 The hut for 'Vermer' productions is still unknown.
The company is based in Paris, 39 Rue de La Grange-Aux-Belles.
Lit 28,168,339.
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I have been unable find out what the lettering SPIP means.

Should you know the meaning of the lettering SPIP please let me know.
Neil Cooper
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CHLOE  lamp set.

7/8/2018

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CHLOE (AN) lamp set.

It is 36 cm (14") high in two pieces.
Seen in crystal, amber, green, blue and pink in a frosted finish.
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Maker and Country of origin is unknown at this point in time.
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The figurine is 20 cm (8") high.
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Pictured is the underside of the base showing the attachment onto which the light fitting for illumination is mounted.
The base is 18 cm(7¾") high.
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ATHENA (AN) figurine.
It is 20 cm (7¾" ) high.
Seen in crystal, amber, green, blue and pink in a frosted finish.
This figurine also fits onto the base to make the ATHENA lamp set.
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Note that the Chloe and Athena figurines are also used in figural flower  float bowl sets.
​See  Chloe and Athena bowl sets  in archived articles June 2018.

​Should you know of a catalogue or other documentation that can confirm the maker and country of origin please contact me. 

Neil Cooper
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CHEVRON patterned glassware made by JOSEF INWALD

30/7/2018

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Recently I was sent pictures of a CLAYTON MAYERS & CO. LTD. catalogue . 
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​Pictured below is page 31 of this catalogue.
The exact date of this catalogue is unknown however as the prices are shown in schillings and pence, we can determine it is before the 15th February 1971 as this is when Britain changed their currency to decimal. ​
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The pictures above have been kindly sent to me by a collector from Scotland.

The following  information has been gained from the Graces Guide to British Industrial History Web site and I quote.
CLAYTON MAYERS & CO. LTD.
Grays Inn Road London
The company was selling the glass of Davidson,Moor and Baccarat along with glass from other makers.
By 1923 they were selling a wide range of glassware from the UK, Czechoslovakia, Norway and Belgium.


Check out related Archived article March 2018 >>>>

Neil Cooper
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ATHENA illuminated float bowl sets.

28/7/2018

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ATHENA (AN) illuminated float bowl set.
(AN) indicates that the set has been named by me and stands for 'Author's Name'.
It is 310 cm (12​¼​") high in three pieces.
​(The detachable light fitting is not included.)
​Seen in crystal, amber, green, blue and pink in a frosted finish.
Maker and country of origin is unknown at this point in time.
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The bowl is 30 cm (11¾") in diameter
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Pictured below is the underside of the bowl.
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Note the three groves between the feet of this bowl.
They are for attaching the mounting bracket of the light fitting pictured below.

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Flower arranging ring is 245 cm (9⅝") in diameter.
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CHLOE figurine 
It is 20 cm (7¾") high.
​This figurine is also be combined with the bowl to make the CHLOE (AN) illuminated float bowl set.

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​A catalogue needs to be seen to confirm the maker and country of origin should you know of one could you please contact me.
Neil Cooper
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ATHENA bowl sets

25/6/2018

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ATHENA (AN) bowl set
(AN) indicates that the set has been named by me and stands for 'Author's Name'.
The maker and country of origin of these sets is unknown at this point in time
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These three piece sets are thought to have been made in the 1930's.
Seen in crystal, amber, green, blue and pink in a clear and frosted finish.

Note that the Athena figurine is seen combined with the flower frogS pictured below.
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The Athena two piece figural flower frog is also seen in the bowls of different shape, size and pattern pictured below.
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Seen in crystal, amber, green, blue and pink in a clear and frosted finish.
A catalogue needs to be seen to confirm the maker and country of origin should you know of one could you please contact me.
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
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    To view sample pages of the collectors guide click on "Book Sample Pages" above.

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