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Hobbs and Brockunier Oasis Pitcher and Covered Sugar

25 Tuesday Oct 2016

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desert-etchMy guy and I went to visit our adorable grandson.  We made a few stops and we visited Barriefield Antiques just outside of Kingston for the first time.

I saw this set and was intrigued by the etch, although I had no idea of their provenance.

I posted them on the Elegant and Everyday Glass Forum and, as usual got a quick hint.  In the interim I found a brief reference in The Collector’s Encyclopedia of Pattern Glass by Mollie Helen McCain.

Further online searching verifies the ID with this:

“A new pattern has been identified by Hobbs, Brockunier. The following appeared in the first issue of All About Glass.

Oasis Etching by Tom Bredehoft (Reprinted from All About Glass Vol. I No. 1 with permission)

desert-etch2For many years collectors and students of 19th century glass have puzzled over what appeared to be three different etched designs. Goblets showed a standing camel, a reclining camel and many tall palm trees. Compotes showed a camel caravan. These were dubbed Camel Caravan. Creamers have two scenes: one, a horse laden with three barrels, another with a female figure drawing water from a well—both having palm trees. Spoon holders show a horse and rider racing past small buildings. Sugars show another horse and rider. Celeries show an Egyptian with a seated female under a palm tree. The lid to the butter has three pyramids. Some of these pieces were called Tropical Villa, others Oasis. All these puzzling pieces had seemingly related designs, but different motifs. This caused collectors and dealers alike confusion, and it appeared that each was part of a different pattern.desert-etch1

Similar designs on different patterns of glass were another part of the puzzle. Most pieces have a pressed foot, stem and lower part of the bowl in common, while the goblet has a plain foot, a stem with a round knob in the middle and the pressed pattern on the lower part of the goblet bowl, similar to that of other pieces.

The last part of the puzzle was than none of these etched designs could be attributed to a specific manufacturer.

A July 21, 1881 issue of Crockery and Glass Journal sheds considerable light on the above puzzles. To quote in part:

“J. H. Hobbs, Brockunier & Co….Two new designs in etching: one of Egyptian character—are particularly striking. The celery represents an Arab in fez and sash, dismounted from his spirited horse, talking to a maiden seated under a palm by the ruins of an old temple. The water pitcher represents the drawing of water from the well, with a female beautiful and graceful enough to be ‘Rebecca,’ with a jar on her head and a camel laden for its desert journey. The bowl represents boating scenes on the Nile….”

desert-etch3With this trade quote, the puzzle of who made Camel Caravan (and all the other named patterns) is put to rest. The descriptions given correspond with the designs found on actual pieces, although some editorial liberties are taken describing some of the people. Now that the etching has been identified, the glass on which it appears can also be credited to Hobbs, Brockunier of Wheeling, WV. The unique pressed stem and foot of many pieces can now identify undecorated pieces as being made by Hobbs, Brockunier.

Rather than have three different names for the same pattern (and maybe more!), it seems that Oasis is the best choice, describing the designs found on most of the pieces. Camel Caravan and Tropical Villa should be abandoned in favor of Oasis.

During this period several companies made patterns, either etched or pressed, in which only a few motifs were consistent in all pieces of the pattern. Hobbs, Brockunier & Co. made a similarly styled pattern in 1880 called Flamingo Habitat. In this pattern, too, the etched designs vary from piece to piece, causing several to be considered parts of different patterns. No. 77 pattern was used for most pieces of Flamingo Habitat.

Both Flamingo Habitat and Oasis were etched designs done by exposing the glass to fumes of hydrofluoric acid rather than the later process of immersing the glass into the acid itself. Therefore, the Oasis and Flamingo Habitat pieces are etched only slightly, leaving a smooth surface, while later plate etched glass has a much more deep effect which is somewhat rough to the touch.desert-etch4

Oasis is known in forms indicating a complete table service. Items known are:

Table Set:

Covered butter, Cream, Spoon, Sugar, Compote 7″(across), Compote, large, Goblet, Pitcher 3 pint (blown), Tumbler (pressed), Pitcher 2 quart (blown), Celery, Berry bowl large and Berry bowl small

Bibliography

Bredehoft, Tom and Neila, Hobbs, Brockunier & Co. Glass, Collector Books, 1997

Kamm, Minnie Watson, An Eighth Pattern Glass Book, Privately Published, 1954, 1970

Metz, Alice Hulett, Much More Early American Pattern Glass (Book II), Collector Books, 1978

Mordock, John B. American and Canadian Early Etched Goblets, Collector Books, 1985, 1991

Unitt, Doris and Peter, American and Canadian Goblets, For the Love of Glass Publishing, Inc., 1971, 1994

Welker, John & Elizabeth, Pressed Glass in America, Antique Acres Press, 1985″

I still have my Flamingo comport and a sugar bowl by Hobbs and Brockunier that I don’t think I have ever posted.  Great solid pieces.  I have travelled to Egypt when I lived in Africa and these pieces appeal to me.  I am pleased to have an ID.

 

 

Pall Mall Glass Jug / Pitcher

20 Thursday Oct 2016

Posted by d.b. in Pall Mall Glass

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Cut Glass, Etched Glass, European Glass, Jug, Pitcher

pall-mall-glass-pitcherI have posted other pieces of Pall Mall, but I’ve never owned a jug/pitcher before.

I have the very informative book – Pall Mall Glass by Hugo Wildblood.  Mr. Wildblood provides this quote from a reference of Andy McConnell of Miller’s Antiques:

“The pattern was available in differing qualities in Britain and across the Empire between the wars.  It is now known that the high quality pieces are attributed to Kosta.  Wuidhart & Co was a British import Company for Orrefors, Kosta and Rorstrand Porcelain.  Th Kosta archives show a drawing of a cocktail glass with etched top bands and cut criss cross pattern to the base.  It is dated Okt 1940, for October 1940 and gives a pattern number of 7534W.  This set is identical to that drawing with the cut lower decoration.”

Mr. Wildblood dates these pieces from the first half of the twentieth century with the pattern being reborn more recently with a design called Lady Hamilton.  This pattern doesn’t have the cuts.  Instead there is an etch to mimic the cuts.  These pieces are not nearly as attractive as the older pieces.

There is something very attractive about Pall Mall.  Lots of interesting shapes.  This piece would make a great beer jug!

Cambridge Aurora – Cobalt Blue…….and now the Green…..and now the Carmen and Amethyst.

16 Sunday Oct 2016

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Aurora, Blue Glass, Cambridge, Cobalt, Cocktail Glass, Colored Glass, Coloured Glass, Forest Green, Green Glass, Purple Glass, Red Glass, Water Goblet

 

Cambridge Aurora Carmen Stem (2)I think the Cobalt pieces are still my favourite.  I love the rich, red blue.  However I find all of Cambridge’s colours that I have seen ‘live’ to cambridge-aurora-amethystbe very attractive.  I think I have already posted the pieces in the red separately, but thought I’d put these all together for comparison.

Here are the 4 1/4 inch cocktail glasses in Carmen (red) and Amethyst (purple). Also pretty.

 

 

 

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Posted on January 16, 2016

Cambridge Aurora Water Goblet (1)I am enjoying the start to the New Year in sunny, beautiful Jamaica.  While I have seen my share of stemware,  none of it has been old!

But this pretty piece fits the bill.  While I never did acquire a water goblet in all of the produced colours, I picked up three of these glasses some time ago.  I looked through my book in Cambridge’s colours and think that this is their Forest Green.   A very rich shade.

 

 

 

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September 15, 2013

Cambridge AuroraI have been ignoring my blog – shame on me.  It’s not as if I don’t have some things to show off, just been busy!

Isn’t this gorgeous????  I almost bought three of these pieces in Cambridge, Mass. I was sorry that I hadn’t bought them, so I have been looking out for them since.

The photo doesn’t show the colour to its fullest richness.  This is a beautiful, deep blue.

This pattern, 1066, was also made in clear, red, amethyst, moonlight blue, gold and green.  I like the blue the best, but it occurs to me that a set with one of each colour would be attractive too!

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