Walther Cloud Glass Bowls, Comports and Plates

The Walther company produced a large range of distinctive styles in bowls and comports. the styles are very different from those produced by Davidson.

This is not a static catalogue, but grows as more examples are found.

Walther Pattern Name: Aphrodite
Known Cloud Colours: Sepia, Violet
Size(s): 20 and 24 cm diameter
Walther Catalogue No: Unknown
Date Range: 1932(?) to 1940(?)
Description: Circular bowl with rippled edge and an impressed octagonal design in the base.

The catalogue numbers for the non-cloud colours are 43638 (20 cm) and 43639 (24 cm)

Walther Pattern Name: Probably Aphrodite 
Known Cloud Colours: Sepia, Violet
Size(s):  
Walther Catalogue No: Unknown
Date Range: 1932(?) to 1940(?)
Description: Oval bowl, most likely a bread basket, with rippled edge and an impressed octagonal design in the base.

Walther Pattern Name: Berlin
Known Cloud Colours: Topaz-Violet
Size(s):  28 cm diameter
Walther Catalogue No: Unknown
Date Range: 1936 (?) to 1940 (?)
Description:  The bowl has two handles and a leaf motif around the rim. In the centre of the bowl is an impressed holly leaf design. As well as having a black stand, the Berlin bowl was also sold with an elaborately moulded flared foot.

A similar bowl without handles is also seen in Topaz-Violet.

The catalogue number for the non-cloud colours was 46182

Walther Pattern Name: Donau 
Known Cloud Colours: Sepia, Pink
Size(s): 11.5 and 24 cm  diameter
Walther Catalogue No: 31445 (11.5 cm), 31446 (24 cm)
Date Range: 1932(?) to 1940(?)
Description: A circular bowl with turned over rim. This bowl is similar in overall to the one above The outer surface is moulded into three 'steps' and is divided into 12 vertical sections.

Walther Pattern Name: Donau
Known Cloud Colours: Sepia, Violet, Pink
Size(s): 8 cm, 16 cm, 30 cm diameter
Walther Catalogue No: 31490 (8 cm), 31447 (16 cm), 31448 (30 cm)
Date Range: 1932(?) to 1940(?)
Description: shallow plates or dishes. The rear moulding of these plates is similar to the two bowls above.

Walther Pattern Name: Edith
Known Cloud Colours: Sepia, Violet, Topaz-Violet, Butterscotch
Size(s): 18cm diameter, 6.5 cm high
Walther Catalogue No: 31432
Date Range: 1932(?) to 1940(?)
Description: A circular 'Dish for sweets'  with stepped sides.

Walther Pattern Name: Edith 
Known Cloud Colours: Sepia, Violet. Topaz-Violet
Size(s): 14cm diameter, 10 cm high
Walther Catalogue No: 31431
Date Range: 1932(?) to 1940(?)
Description: This  sweet dish is based on the example above, except that the sides have been folded up to form a bowl.

Walther Pattern Name: Hanna 
Known Cloud Colours: Sepia, Violet, Topaz-Violet, Pink
Size(s): 24.5 cm diameter
Walther Catalogue No: 31410
Date Range: 1932(?) to 1940(?)
Description: Circular bowl on three small feet with vertical ribs. The example shown here is in the rare Pink Cloud Glass.

Walther Pattern Name: Herman 
Known Cloud Colours: Sepia, Violet
Size(s): 24.5 cm diameter
Walther Catalogue No: 31473
Date Range: 1932(?) to 1940(?)
Description: Oval bread basket with star base. The Herman pattern has a distinctive  horizontal and vertical segmentation design 

Walther Pattern Name: Hubertus
Known Cloud Colours: Sepia, Violet, Topaz-Violet
Size(s): 29.5 cm diameter
Walther Catalogue No: Unknown
Date Range: 1935(?) to 1940(?)
Description: A large circular comport on three feet with impressed pattern on the reverse. This comport was part of a suite of glass which included bowls and vases which were also made in Cloud Glass.

Walther Pattern Name: Hubertus
Known Cloud Colours: Sepia, Violet, Topaz-Violet
Size(s): 30 cm diameter
Walther Catalogue No: 31315
Date Range: 1935(?) to 1940(?)
Description: Like the comport above, this bowl was part of a large suite of glassware.

This bowl also came in smaller sizes of 23cm and 27 cm diameter in non-cloud colours.

Walther Pattern Name: Liane
Known Cloud Colours: Sepia, Violet, Topaz-Violet
Size(s): 16 and 26.5 cm diameter
Walther Catalogue No: 31442 (16 cm), 31443 (26.5 cm)
Date Range: 1932(?) to 1940(?)
Description: Circular bowl on three rectangular feet and with a turned down rim.

This bowl was also sold with a powder tassel with attached figure, Catalogue No 31471.

Walther Pattern Name: Liane
Known Cloud Colours: Sepia, Violet, Topaz-Violet
Size(s): 16 and 25.5 cm diameter
Walther Catalogue No: 31440 (16 cm), 31441 (25.5 cm)
Date Range: 1932(?) to 1940(?)
Description: Circular bowl on three rectangular feet and with a turned out rim.
Walther Pattern Name: Liane
Known Cloud Colours: Sepia, Violet, Topaz-Violet
Size(s): N/A
Walther Catalogue No: Unknown
Date Range: 1932(?) to 1940(?)
Description: A six sided bowl on three rectangular feet.

Walther Pattern Name: Mathilde
Known Cloud Colours: Sepia, 
Size(s): N/A
Walther Catalogue No: Unknown 
Date Range: 1935(?) to 1940(?)
Description: A circular bowl with three round feet and lid. In non-cloud colours, the Mathilde pattern had an impressed floral design on the side of the glass.

Walther Pattern Name: Mathilde
Known Cloud Colours: Sepia, Violet, Topaz-Violet
Size(s): 24cm diameter
Walther Catalogue No: Unknown 
Date Range: 1935(?) to 1940(?)
Description: A large circular bowl with three round feet and a crinkled rim.

Walther Pattern Name: Mathilde
Known Cloud Colours: Sepia, Topaz-Violet
Size(s): 32 by 22.3 cm
Walther Catalogue No: 31103 
Date Range: 1935(?) to 1940(?)
Description: An oval bowl.

A number of other round and oval bowls in the Mathilde suite, all having three round feet, are also known to occur in Oralit colours.

Walther Pattern Name: Mignon
Known Cloud Colours: Sepia
Size(s): 10cm diameter
Walther Catalogue No: Unknown
Date Range: 1930(?) to 1940(?)
Description: A round bowl. The bowl has a distinctive chevron pattern around the side.

 

Walther Pattern Name: Orla
Known Cloud Colours: Sepia, Violet, Topaz-Violet, Butterscotch, Pink
Size(s): 23, 26 and 31 cm diameter
Walther Catalogue No: 31414 (23 cm), 31415 (26 cm) and 31416 (31 cm)
Date Range: 1932(?) to 1940(?)
Description: A circular bowl with turned over rim. The fan shaped design on this bowl appears in other patterns, including fruit sets and deep bowls and plates. There were many different shapes in the Orla suite including some plates which were also produced in cloud glass.

Walther Pattern Name: Orla
Known Cloud Colours: Sepia, Violet, Topaz-Violet, Butterscotch, Pink
Size(s): 10.5, 14.5, 18, 21 and 26 cm diameter
Walther Catalogue No: 31402 (10.5 cm), 31403 (14.5 cm), 31404 (18 cm), 31405 (21 cm) and 31406 (26 cm)
Date Range: 1932(?) to 1940(?)
Description: A circular bowl or dish with the fan shaped design on reverse.

Walther Pattern Name: Pauline
Known Cloud Colours: Sepia, Topaz-Violet
Size(s): 32 cm by 21 cm
Walther Catalogue No: 31560
Date Range: 1935 to 1940 (?)
Description: This oval bowl is commonly known as the 'Maori' bowl after the moulded decoration on the underside of the bowl.  The candlesticks were not sold with the Pauline bowl.

Walther Pattern Name: Pelikan
Known Cloud Colours: Sepia, Topaz-Violet
Size(s):  30cm diameter
Walther Catalogue No: Unknown
Date Range: 1935 (?) to 1940 (?)
Description:  The three-footed bowl has a smooth interior and and intricate moulded rim. The centre-piece is in the form of a Pelican. The bowl was also sold with the 'Helgoland' centre piece.

This bowl is normally found in Cloud Glass without the centre piece.

The catalogue number for the non-cloud colours was 46156

Walther Pattern Name: Perseus
Known Cloud Colours: Sepia, Topaz-Violet
Size(s): 31 cm by 18.5 cm
Walther Catalogue No: Unknown
Date Range: 1936 to 1940(?)
Description: This rectangular dish sits on four square feet. 

The catalogue number for the non-cloud colours was 45981.

Walther Pattern Name: Poseidon
Known Cloud Colours: Sepia, Violet, Topaz-Violet
Size(s): 27 cm diameter
Walther Catalogue No: 31025
Date Range: 1936(?) to 1940(?)
Description: An impressive two-piece centre piece. Walther produced many of these large centre pieces, only a few of which were made in Oralit.
Walther Pattern Name: Primus
Known Cloud Colours: Sepia, Violet, Topaz-Violet
Size(s): 17 cm diameter
Walther Catalogue No: 31929
Date Range: 1936(?) to 1940(?)
Description: A circular sweet dish with a wavy edge standing on four feet. A feature of the Primus design is the vertical moulded lines which twist towards the right at the top.
Walther Pattern Name: Primus
Known Cloud Colours: Sepia, Violet, Topaz-Violet
Size(s): 28 cm diameter
Walther Catalogue No: 31935
Date Range: 1936(?) to 1940(?)
Description: A circular bowl standing on four feet with a turned down rim.

Walther Pattern Name: Prismen
Known Cloud Colours: Sepia, Violet
Size(s):  24 cm diameter, 8 cm high
Walther Catalogue No: Unknown
Date Range: 1932 (?) to 1940 (?)
Description:  This bowl is an almost exact copy of the Davidson 1910 BD bowl. The main difference being the lack of a toothed decoration at the top of the moulded ribs. They also did a version of this bowl with a flat rim similar to the Davidson 1910 F style.

(See our May 2002 newsletter)

 

Walther Pattern Name: Rogusa
Known Cloud Colours: Sepia, Violet, Topaz-Violet
Size(s): 30 cm diameter
Walther Catalogue No: 31965
Date Range: 1936(?) to 1940(?)
Description: A circular bowl standing on four feet with a flared rim. The bowl has a series of horizontal banding.

Walther Pattern Name: Rotterdam
Known Cloud Colours: Sepia, Topaz-Violet
Size(s):  30 cm diameter
Walther Catalogue No: 35131
Date Range: 1935 (?) to 1940 (?)
Description: This large three-footed platter has a wavy edge and a moulded pattern on the underside. This pattern consists of three concentric circles and is repeated three times around the base.

This style was also made in other shapes.

 

Walther Pattern Name: Shamrock
Known Cloud Colours: Sepia, Violet, Topaz-Violet
Size(s): 36 cm diameter
Walther Catalogue No: 31949
Date Range: 1936(?) to 1940(?)
Description: A circular flower bowl with flower dome. This is one of the very few Oralit styles which came with a matching flower dome.

Walther Pattern Name: Zentrum
Known Cloud Colours: Sepia, Violet
Size(s): 22\cm Diameter
Walther Catalogue No: Unknown
Date Range: 1932(?) to 1940(?)
Description: Watercress dish and plate. The bowl has 5 holes in the base to allow water to drain into the plate. The bowl and plate were sold separately (cat Nos: 21766 and 21767 respectively). The Zentrum suite has a distinctive curved hexagonal design in the base.

The catalogue numbers for the non-cloud colours were 21766 (bowl) and 21767 (plate).

Walther Pattern Name: Zentrum
Known Cloud Colours: Sepia, Violet, Topaz-Violet, Butterscotch
Size(s): 32 and 27.5 cm diameter
Walther Catalogue No: 31483 (27.5 cm), 31420 (32 cm)
Date Range: 1932(?) to 1940(?)
Description: Cake Stand.

Walther Pattern Name: Unknown
Known Cloud Colours: Sepia
Size(s):
Walther Catalogue No: Unknown
Date Range:
Description: A bowl similar in shape to the Mignon bowl described above. The bowl has a pattern on the side which consist of small circles each divided into sections. The circles are intersected by a band of lines which run down the side of the bowl at an angle. On the base of the bowl is a pattern consisting of three linked circles similar to the Olympic Games symbol.

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