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Saw this stem online and was curious about the decoration.  I knew it was the Wabash – #439 – water goblet but couldn’t find the cutting in any of my Heisey reference books.

I posted it on the FB site – Vintage Glass Identification – and a couple people suggested that it cut have been cut by Hawkes.  I have added two links below with more information about the Hawkes Company.

I have seen online a few pieces with Hawkes’ cuttings and they are spectacular.  This decoration is attractive, but I wouldn’t put it in the ‘spectacular’ category.

I have discovered that there is a second volume of the Bredehoft and Ream book of Heisey cuttings and etchings.  It is on my wishlist, but I haven’t found a copy at the right price yet.

Just for interest I have included a link to the Every Day Elegant Glass Forum.  The link leads to a copy of Joseph Balda’s patent for the Wabash stem.

https://books.google.ca/books?id=VsoJZIC1f4QC&pg=PA71&lpg=PA71&dq=hawkes+heisey+glass&source=bl&ots=-IAPr7wqdy&sig=ACfU3U0uFcIFloD9Ok6fV9eC3TZ6jpVMhw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiR9aSM4d3oAhXOY98KHc6rDnoQ6AEwDnoECAsQKQ#v=onepage&q=hawkes%20heisey%20glass&f=false

Hawkes

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