14 Monday Feb 2022
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The photos do not really do this stem justice. This is a lovely piece of glass. I bought four water goblets (I assume) online ‘on spec’ knowing that they had the ‘HAWKES’ signature.
Unfortunately I have not been able to identify the provenance of the blank or the name of the cutting.
Here is an interesting online article about Thomas Gibbons Hawkes and his company.
26 Friday Jun 2020
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This is such a pretty set. The cutting is lovely – I don’t think the photos do it justice. I posted the set online somewhere and asked if anyone knew anything about the decoration. Someone suggested that it could be a Hawkes’ cutting.
Here is an interesting online article about T. G. Hawkes & Company by The House of Brilliant Glass.
The design by Thomas Clarence Heisey was patented in 1912. The patent is shown in the Elegant and Everyday Glass Forum.
10 Friday Apr 2020
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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
https://chataboutdg.com/gallery/details.php?image_id=14030&mode=search