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Brilliant Brockwitz

Based on the presentation and display at the Carnival Glass Society UK in September 2006

Firstly, an enormous “thank you” to all the CGS members who made the magnificent Brockwitz display so unique and utterly show-stopping. Sincere and heartfelt thanks to everyone who helped and contributed. It was undoubtedly a World First. It was impressive, comprehensive and educational. Quite frankly it was mesmerising and absolutely mind-blowing. But most of all it was simply beautiful. There were almost 150 pieces of glass and approaching 40 different patterns shown in the display, including some that we hadn’t even seen before. That’s what is so fascinating about Brockwitz - previously unknown shapes and patterns still turn up.

Here is the display - we have  split the picture into two halves to show it here - the central point of the display is the Curved Star epergne, which is in both shots. The top photo is the left side of the display, while the lower photo shows right hand side.

Brockwitz CGS display. 

Brockwitz CGS display.

At the time of the presentation, it was almost 20 years to the very month, since the Carnival Glass Society UK, and Ray Notley first put the name Brockwitz into the Carnival glass vocabulary. Since then there has been an enormous amount of research and discovery. In the early 1990s, we worked with glass researcher, Bob Smith and were able to document many Brockwitz patterns and shapes, through the catalogues that Bob had sourced. We then worked with Siegmar Gieselberger in Germany, and even more catalogues appeared for study, courtesy of Dieter Neumann. Today we have an almost unimaginable resource of information at our fingertips - and still fresh items continue to be discovered.

This close-up shows some of the exceptional pieces of Brockwitz Carnival that were on display.  From the left, they are: 

Curved Star cylinder vase, marigold;

Footed Prism (aka Footed Prism Panels) vase, blue;

Curved Star (one piece) centrepiece bowl, blue;

Triple Alliance biscuit barrel, blue;

Koh-i-Noor (aka Miniature Hobnail) epergne, marigold;

Northern Lights (aka Texas Tumbler) celery shaped vase, blue;

Triple Alliance biscuit barrel with a metal grille top, marigold;

Diamond File Panels tumble-up, marigold.

Brockwitz CGS display. 

 

Brockwitz CGS display.

A rare shape in Brockwitz's Bremen pattern that was on display

Display of Brockwitz Moonprint pieces

A wonderful selection of Brockwitz Moonprint items on display

Tartan

Peter Phillips attended the CGS presentation on Brockwitz, where he showed us a photo of a magnificent Tartan vase.

Peter had travelled from Australia (via the USA) to attend, so it was understandable that it was just a photo he showed us rather than the actual item. Nevertheless we drooled over it, and Peter promised to send us a photo we could share with our readers on this website - here it is on the right. Many thanks to Peter for this opportunity.

Peter also took the photo of the amazing three part Tartan epergne, far right, which is owned by Margaret Dickinson in Australia - we're grateful to Margaret and Peter Phillips for sending it to us for inclusion in this Brockwitz feature.

 

The picture was taken looking upward, as the epergne is on a high shelf, and hence the very bottom part of the base is out of the shot. As you can see, the pattern is on the underside of the central section and can be best seen from this aspect.

 

Both picures are courtesy and copyright of Peter Phillps.

 

Brockwitz Tartan vase, marigold

Tartan vase

Brockwitz Tartan epergne, marigold

Tartan epergne

Cathedal Arches 

On the right are two photos (to illustrate the two different types of star motif) of the Brockwitz Cathedral Arches stemmed fruit dish (often called a comport).

This magnificent item, standing around 9" high, was in the Brockwitz  catalogues during the 1920s and is known in marigold and blue. Only a handful of these rare items have been reported. This beauty was not on display at the Brilliant Brockwitz presentation as the owners (Mary and Doug Ellis) didn't actually have it. It was an early 2007 "find" and (courtesy of these photos by David Johnson) we are delighted to feature it here.

Both picures are courtesy and copyright of CGS Members D & M Ellis and D & E Johnson.

Brockwitz Cathedral Arches comport, blue

 Brockwitz Cathedral Arches comport, blue

 Much more about Brockwitz here, including the full Brockwitz story.

 

 

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