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Erskine glass & Mfg Co. BEAR Erskine Glass & Manufacturing Company Bear is a reproduction of the original Co-Operative Flint Glass Walking Bear. Co-op produced the Bear 1927-1931. Erskine bought the mold in 1934 when Co-op went out of business. It is not known which Bear colors were produced by Erskine, but it was indeed made by Erskine. At the very least, Erskine poured 3 dozen Bears for L.G. Wright in 1937-'38. Wright's inventory listed 3 dozen Bears. Erskine Glass & MFG Co sold animal covered dishes to Si Wright. The Bear mold was later donated to the WWII Iron Scrap Drive before 1941. Bear is unmarked. 8" long. I had no Erskine Bear photos to show. © Glass Animal Covered Dishes by Jennifer Patton Page 3
© Glass Animal Covered Dishes by Jennifer Patton Page 4 frog DISH by UNKNOWN MAKER Unknown maker reproduction Frog of the Vallerysthal 1894-1908 #3769 Frog surfaced ca. 1915-1925. It was only in Pastel Green iridescent. The unknown Frog maker is where Co-Operative Flint may have acquired the mold. Frog dish was reproduced by Co-Op 1927-1930's and by Erskine Glass & MFG. Co. 1934/'37-1938 and 1960's-1970's. Erskine acquired the Co-Operative Flint Frog mold in 1934. Following excerpt is pg. 108 from Marion Hartung's book via an online site: https://www.hookedoncarnival.com "Many of the covered animal dishes in CARNIVAL GLASS are known in only one color. This is true of the small frog shown here. Since that color happens to be a PASTEL GREEN in this case, nothing could be more appropriate. One can hardly imagine a bright orange frog, even though realism was not considered essential to the makers of IRIDESCENT GLASS. This perky little fellow is of medium weight glass, HIGHLY IRIDESCENT with the PASTEL-TYPE of coloring we have learned to associate with pieces having been made on a PASTEL SHADE OF BASE GLASS. The interior of the figure seems to have even more of the IRIDESCENCE than does the outside. The bulging glass EYES ARE MOLDED in with the rest of the figure, and simply have BLACK PAINT APPLIED to make the contrast. Honesty compels us to admit that we are not overly familiar with frogs as such, but the detail here seems good to us, and the general effect seems realistic. The piece stands 4 inches high at the tallest point, and measures 5 1/2" in length. Search as we will, the maker is unknown. This would be quite a desirable addition to any collection of CARNIVAL GLASS animal shapes. IT WOULD CERTAINLY MAKE A FINE COMPANION PIECE FOR THE COVERED TURTLE SHOWN IN OUR BOOK 5."-----Marion T. Hartung
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