Peter Christensen's Glass Flower Frog Collection

Peter Christensen's Collection

Glass Blocks

Contents

Anchor Hocking Glass Company
Beaumont Glass Company
Cambridge Glass Company
Co-Operative Flint
Davidson & Co. Glass
Fenton Art Glass Company
Fostoria Glass Company

Japana Specialty Company
L.E. Smith Glass Company
Northwood Glass Company
Viking Glass Company
Westmoreland Glass Company
Unidentified

Anchor Hocking Glass Company

Identification: All my Anchor Hocking Glass Company lids have a raised area on top that encompasses the 6 center holes. Lids by other manufacturers such as Co-Operative Flint may at first glance look similar, but on closer examination there is a recessed area on the bottom that encompasses the 6 center holes.

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G-8, Anchor Hocking Glass Company, bottom rim and no feet, 4⅞"d × ⅞"h

G-22, Anchor Hocking Glass Company, bottom rim and no feet, 5⅛"d × ⅞"h

G-23, Anchor Hocking Glass Company, bottom rim and no feet, 5"d × ⅞"h

G-65, Anchor Hocking Glass Company, bottom rim and no feet, 3⅝"d × ¾"h

Beaumont Glass Company

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G-28, Beaumont, no feet, 3¾"d × ¾"h

G-76, Beaumont, no feet, 3¾"d × ⅞"h

Cambridge Glass Company

Identification: Although these are not characteristics of all Cambridge flower frogs, all of those in my collection have an outer lip between the dome and base, 3-sided triangular feet, and the patent date embossed on the side. And I believe they are all Cambridge No. 2899.

Also see How Glass Blocks Were Made, which features a Cambridge mould patent and a description of how it was used.

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G-47, Cambridge, 3 triangular feet, reads Pat'D APRIL 11 1916, 4¼"d × 2½"h

G-45, Cambridge, 3 triangular feet, reads Pat D APRIL 11 1916 3½, 3⅞"d × 2"h

G-33, Cambridge, 3 triangular feet, reads Pat D APRIL 11 1916 3, 3¼"d × 1⅞"h

G-64, Cambridge, 3 triangular feet, reads Pat'D APRIL 11 1916 4, 4¼"d × 2⅝"h

G-51, Cambridge, 3 triangular feet, reads Pat D APRIL 11 1916 3½, 3⅞"d × 1⅞"h

G-16, Cambridge, 3 triangular feet, reads Pat D APRIL 11 1916 2¼, 2⅝"d × 1½"h

G-68, Cambridge, 3 triangular feet, reads Pat'D APRIL 11 1916 3, 3¼"d × 1⅞"h

G-55, Cambridge, 3 triangular feet, reads Pat'D APRIL 11 1916 4, 4¼"d × 2⅜"h

Co-Operative Flint

Identification: The bottom of this lid has a recessed area that encompasses the 6 center holes, and a patent date running around the center hole.

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G-57, Co-Operative Flint, bottom has recessed center area and no feet, reads PAT'D JUNE 24-1924, 3¾"d × ¾"h (sold to Brook Friend)

Davidson & Co. Glass

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G-42, Davidson, bottom rim and 6 round feet, reads MADE IN ENGLAND GT BRIT PAT 382699, 3½"d × 1⅛"h

Fenton Art Glass Company

8 Holes

Identification: Form is raised around center hole.

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G-74, Fenton, 3 tiny round feet, 2¼"d × 1½"h

G-32, Fenton, 3 tiny round feet, 2¼"d × 1½"h

G-80, Fenton, 3 tiny round feet, 2¼"d × 1½"h

G-71, Fenton, 3 tiny round feet, 2¼"d × 1½"h

7 Holes with Center Recess

Identification: Form is raised around center recess designed to hold a Fenton nymph figurine or a candle.

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G-61, Fenton, 3 small round feet, 2⅞"d × 1½"h

G-75, Fenton, 3 small round feet, 2⅞"d × 1⅝"h

8 Holes with Lip

Identification: Note the outer lip between the dome and base. Also, Fenton is the only company I have found that has long, rectangular, curved feet on some of its blocks.

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G-43, Fenton, 3 long rectangular curved feet, 3"d × 1⅝"h (gifted to Cindy)

Fostoria Glass Company

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G-2, Fostoria, 5 round feet, 3¾"d × 2¼"h

G-31, Fostoria, 5 round feet, 3¾"d × 2¼"h

G-58, Fostoria, 5 round feet, 3¾"d × 2¼"h

G-88, Fostoria, 5 round feet, 3¾"d × 2¼"h

Japana Specialty Company

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G-20, Japana, bottom rim with 5 water slots, reads (best guess) JAPANA PAT. JAN. 20 1909, 4½"d × 1⅜"h

L.E. Smith Glass Company

Identification: All of my L.E. Smith flower frogs are lids to vases, though some have feet so that they could also be used in a bowl.

Group 1 – Vermiculate Patterned

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G-7, L.E. Smith, frosted Vermiculate pattern, 3 round feet, 5"d × 1⅜"h

G-39, L.E. Smith, frosted Vermiculate pattern, no feet, 4⅜"d × 1⅛"h

G-40, L.E. Smith, Vermiculate pattern, no feet, 4⅜"d × 1⅛"h

G-34, L.E. Smith, Vermiculate pattern, no feet, 4⅜"d × 1⅛"h

G-15, L.E. Smith, Vermiculate pattern, no feet, 4¼"d × 1"h

G-27, L.E. Smith, Vermiculate pattern, no feet, 4¼"d × 1"h

Group 2 – Same Size and Shape

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G-14, L.E. Smith, no feet, 4¼"d × 1¼"h

G-46, L.E. Smith, no feet, 4¼"d × 1⅜"h

Group 3 – Same Size and Shape

Frosted

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G-53, L.E. Smith, no feet, 3¼"d × 1¼"h

G-67, L.E. Smith, no feet, 3¼"d × 1¼"h

G-52, L.E. Smith, no feet, 3¼"d × 1¼"h

Group 4

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G-6, L.E. Smith, 3 big round feet, 3¼"d × 1⅛"h

G-66, L.E. Smith, 3 big round feet, 3¼"d × 1¼"h

G-69, L.E. Smith, 3 big round feet, 3"d × 1½"h

G-26, L.E. Smith, 3 big round feet, 4"d × 1½"h

Northwood Glass Company

Identification: This flower frog was likely made by Northwood based on its similarity of shape with a flower frog that is part of a Northwood flower frog and bowl set. It is also known that Northwood made turtle-shaped flower frogs in this color of glass.

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G-59, Northwood, 3 very small round feet, 2⅜"d × 1¼"h

Viking Glass Company

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G-21, Viking oval Flowerlite lid, no feet, 6⅜"l × 4⅝"w × 1"h

Westmoreland Glass Company

Identification: Although these are not characteristics of all Westmoreland flower frogs, most of those in my collection have a rim at the base of the dome and a lip around the bottom of the base. In addition, a number show an indentation just below the rim at the base of the dome. Other variations are noted below.

The feet vary greatly: tiny to large round feet, rectangular feet, or no feet at all. And while not all Westmoreland flower frogs have rectangular feet, most if not all flower frogs that have rectangular feet are Westmoreland.

Also see How Glass Blocks Were Made, which features photos of a Westmoreland mould.

Contents

2" – 8 holes
2½" – 11 holes
3" – 13 holes

3½" – 19 holes
4" – 16 holes
7" – 43 holes

Catalog No. 1850/2" Flower Block

8 Holes

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G-49, Westmoreland, 3 rectangular feet, 2½"d × 1½"h

G-3, Westmoreland, 3 rectangular feet, 2⅜"d × 1⅜"h

G-63, Westmoreland, 3 rectangular feet, 2½"d × 1½"h

G-50, Westmoreland, 3 tiny round feet, 2½"d × 1½"h

G-12, Westmoreland, 3 tiny round feet, 2½"d × 1½"h

G-41, Westmoreland, 3 tiny round feet, 2½"d × 1⅝"h

G-85, Westmoreland, 3 rectangular feet, 2½"d × 1½"h

G-54, Westmoreland, 3 rectangular feet, 2½"d × 1½"h

Catalog No. 1850/2½" Flower Block

11 Holes

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G-78, Westmoreland, 5 rectangular feet, 2⅞"d × 1½"h

G-48, Westmoreland, 5 rectangular feet, 3"d × 1⅝"h

G-4, Westmoreland, 5 tiny round feet, 2⅞"d × 1⅜"h

G-72, Westmoreland, 5 rectangular feet, 3"d × 1½"h

G-44, Westmoreland, 5 rectangular feet, 3"d × 1⅝"h

G-10, Westmoreland, 5 rectangular feet, 3"d × 1⅝"h

G-81, Westmoreland, 5 rectangular feet, 2⅞"d × 1⅝"h

Catalog No. 1850/3" Flower Block

13 Holes

Identification: Each of these have a lip around the rim at the base of the dome and a lip around the bottom of the base. In addition, the center holes are larger, especially as seen from the bottom.

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G-25, Westmoreland, no feet, 3⅜"d × 1⅞"h

G-11, Westmoreland, no feet, 3⅜"d × 1¾"h

G-84, Westmoreland, no feet, 3⅜"d × 1¾"h

Catalog No. 1850/3½" Flower Block

19 Holes

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G-60, Westmoreland, 6 rectangular feet, 3⅜"d × 1⅞"h

G-62, Westmoreland, 3 rectangular feet, 3⅜"d × 1¾"h

G-70, Westmoreland, 3 rectangular feet, 3⅜"d × 1¾"h

G-82, Westmoreland, 3 rectangular feet, 3⅜"d × 1⅞"h

G-77, Westmoreland, 6 rectangular feet, 3⅜"d × 1⅞"h

G-86, Westmoreland, 6 rectangular feet, 3⅜"d × 1⅞"h

G-13, Westmoreland, 3 rectangular feet, 3⅜"d × 2"h

Catalog No. 1850/4" Flower Block

16 Holes

Note: If you click on the second image of G-79 to enlarge it, you'll see that it's dark amethyst, not black. And if you enlarge the first image, you'll see the reflection of the quilt hanging on my wall!

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