Paul McCobb
Submitted by straylight on Fri, 10/30/2009 - 10:00pm
Jackson Internationale Glass designed by Paul McCobb
Clearly labeled Paul McCobb glass for Jackson Internationale. The pattern is called Doyen and the glasses were manufactured in France
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A must have for Eclipse.
A must have for Eclipse. Great shape.
Very cool. Thanks for
Very cool. Thanks for sharing.
Matching glassware
I wasn't aware there was a matching glassware pattern for Jackson Internationale. This is marvelous!
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This is a very cool discovery! There is something new to learn (and collect) every day!
But wait there's still more!!!
It turns out that there were at least three sizes in this range. I have it on very good authority that there was a smaller glass and have also recently discovered that there was a highball as well.
In a 1960 photo of the McCobb home there is a table set within the photo. I've had the photo for a while now and never thought much more about it (I have literally hundreds of McCobb related photos and articles at this point). The other day while showing this particular picture to my editor we zoomed in on the table and were delighted to see the glasses on the table, both the doyen size and the highball (pattern name unknown). I am also convinced now that the doyen name refers to the size of the glass. Now all I have to do is find them...
Definitely 3 sizes of the
Definitely 3 sizes of the Paul McCobb glasses as illustrated in the attached scan from a 1961 newspaper ad.
So in the very least the glasses were available from 1960 to 1961 in the following colors: Blue Tinted Clear, Bottle Green and a Smokey Grey Iridescent.
Interesting! Just an
Interesting! Just an observation, hopefully you have other sources that name the colors--sometimes distributing companies renamed patterns, colors, etc., although it probably is unlikely with glass color names I would guess.
What is in a name?
I have seen (and have photos of) the Blue, the Green and the Grey. The names I am using here are my own creations in an attempt to be as descriptive as possible.
Hope that clarifies things some
If anyone has any Jackson catalog reference materials they would be most appreciated btw.
Historical detail...
My personal bent is to preserve the historical detail. In my books, I adopted [brackets] for names I had to invent. This allowed people to understand the names I created were placeholders. I tried to make the names descriptive. You can be sure that in time someone will discover the actual names. Unfortunately, adopting the correct name by that time becomes difficult. For example, most collectors still call Iroquois Casual China Aqua instead of its correct name, Turquoise.
Have you tracked down the manufacturer or the glassware?
The Beauty of Member Content
Fantastic, you found this with the sticker intact!!
This sort of post is truly a blessing for us collectors... being a Paul McCobb fanatic myself, there is a serious lack of documentation on his work. I have only found one book so far, and that focuses on just one line of his furniture.
For anyone interested, there is a Paul McCobb group on Flickr. It is not a very large group, but there are some gems in there. The best part is that the group was started by his daughter, Melissa. Check it out if you get a chance.
http://www.flickr.com/groups/833924@N22/
McCobb Group
Chris, thanks for sharing this information.
McCobb on Flickr
McCobb ceramics & glass
Let's start a McCobb ceramics & glass section here as well...If we get enough photos tagged with McCobb we can create a McCobb collection. Enough interest, and we will open a McCobb forum.
re: McCobb ceramics & glass
Sounds like a great idea Mike, you know that I will be contributing as I have gathered all sorts of information about the various china patterns and ceramic groups for the book that I am researching on Paul McCobb.
McCobb Gallery
Jonathan, I added a McCobb Gallery under Museum-->Current Exhibitions-->Paul McCobb Gallery. Now everything that is tagged McCobb or Paul McCobb in the classification free tag line will be added automatically to the Current Exhibition.
More to come
Great Mike
I'll start photographing the Contempri Platters (where I have the bulk of the rare/unusual patterns) and put them up here over the next few days, then I'll start working on pictures of the infrequently seen serving pieces that I have managed to acquire in the course of my research.