Collectors Facts - Loop de Loop (aka Brillant Medaillons), Inwald
Shapes:
Bowl
Stemmed Fruit Bowl / Comport
Plate
Small Plate - 5.75 inch
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Colours:
Marigold
Marigold
Marigold
Marigold
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Here is a fabulous, pumpkin marigold bowl in a pattern that has been reported to us by several knowledgeable collectors who all felt that the signature characteristics of the item strongly suggested that the maker could be Josef Inwald of Czechoslovakia. The color of the items in this pattern is a rich, deep marigold, the bases are shiny ground, and the overall quality of the items is top-notch. All typical Inwald characteristics. Interestingly, the items had been sourced in Uruguay and Germany - both being countries to which Inwald exported glass.
Now let's let collector, John Hodgson, take up the story: “We have had a fruit set in this pattern for some time. We always refer to it as our 'Loop de Loop' set. The iridescence on these items is second to none. The dealer we bought them from told us that they were originally purchased in about 1950 from a bazaar in Uruguay. The bazaar was called Brocqua & Schubert; it operated from 1880 to 1970 and dealt exclusively in European goods. It doesn't narrow things down a lot, but it might be of some help to researchers. The only attributed European glass that we have with similar iridescence is from Inwald, but the finishing off to the ground bases does not come up to their usual high standard. The plate came to us from Germany."
The Inwald catalogue extract (above) shows that the pattern was undoubtedly an old one, and that the original pattern name was "Brillant Medaillons". Our thinking had been that the likely date of manufacture would be in the 1920s when Carnival production is thought to have been undertaken. However, our discovery of a marigold Inverted Prisms teawarmer, that was illustrated in the Inwald catalog of 1914 - and our recent discovery that Brockwitz was making Carnival Glass in 1915 and very possibly several years earlier - suggests that the Loop de Loop Carnival items may indeed have been made around 1914.
Exciting discoveries by Della Breukelaar and by Lance Hilkene of more pieces in this pattern are adding to our knowledge of this pattern.
Now let's let collector, John Hodgson, take up the story: “We have had a fruit set in this pattern for some time. We always refer to it as our 'Loop de Loop' set. The iridescence on these items is second to none. The dealer we bought them from told us that they were originally purchased in about 1950 from a bazaar in Uruguay. The bazaar was called Brocqua & Schubert; it operated from 1880 to 1970 and dealt exclusively in European goods. It doesn't narrow things down a lot, but it might be of some help to researchers. The only attributed European glass that we have with similar iridescence is from Inwald, but the finishing off to the ground bases does not come up to their usual high standard. The plate came to us from Germany."
The Inwald catalogue extract (above) shows that the pattern was undoubtedly an old one, and that the original pattern name was "Brillant Medaillons". Our thinking had been that the likely date of manufacture would be in the 1920s when Carnival production is thought to have been undertaken. However, our discovery of a marigold Inverted Prisms teawarmer, that was illustrated in the Inwald catalog of 1914 - and our recent discovery that Brockwitz was making Carnival Glass in 1915 and very possibly several years earlier - suggests that the Loop de Loop Carnival items may indeed have been made around 1914.
Exciting discoveries by Della Breukelaar and by Lance Hilkene of more pieces in this pattern are adding to our knowledge of this pattern.