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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.
 Comments are most welcomed.

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PENGUIN figural flower float bowl set by Josef Inwald who was a Czechoslovakian glass maker.

5/7/2019

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​PENGUIN bowl set with a wave pattern bowl
​This two piece bowl set was made in 1930's.


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The figurine is 15.5 cm (6") high in one piece.
The float bowl is 27.5 cm (10¼") in diameter.
The float bowl and flower frog is moulded as one piece.
Seen in crystal and pink with a clear and frosted finish.
Note the applied Gilt(gold) decoration.
Possibly seen in other colours.
​Considered to be Extremely rare.
I have not come across another example of this set since I started collecting  float bowl sets.

Should you know of others please let me know.

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10/7/2019
Pictured below is the PENGUIN two piece bowl set as seen in a
H Markhbeinn sample book dated 1935.
H Markhbeinn was a wholesale franchise company located in Paris France. 
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Translation
9483. "Penguins"
Picked-flowers. Diameter 300mm
Figurine matt(frosted)
Clear (crystal)........ 75
Blue and Green ......90
 This sample book page confirms that these  bowl set  were also made in the colours blue and green.
​ 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.

    Other methods for purchase and payment considered by arrangement.

     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
    230 Main Avenue
    Weston
    WV 26452
    United States
    Phone: +1 304-269-5006


      Neil Cooper





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